Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Justice Department officials are not the only critics of President Johnson's bill to curb wiretapping and bugging except in security cases. Although it was not known at the time of his State of the Union Message, the President's own National Crime Commission, which did not submit the report of its 18-month study of crime until almost two weeks after the privacy bill was introduced, had on December 30 backed down--under pressure from Johnson aides--from a recommendation for legislation permitting electronic surveillance by police...
...antiquated as many Americans think it is. Rough ghetto life teaches a youngsters to revere violence. Prowess with your hands or a gun is prerequisite to financial success and the first step in winning the respect of other youngsters. As crude as it sounds, being tough can effectively curb criminal action where youth are involved. Yet, the policeman cannot be very tough. Even the most ignorant street corner punk is totally aware of his rights as an American citizen: he knows that the police cannot lay one hand...
...curb God on the upbringing of our children, as we curb dogs in our streets, we are on the road to tyranny." (Design for Dedication...
Hello again, girls again. Red light, you lucky devils. Up to the curb in the little red car, push on the handle and the door's ajar; and here are two tall boys. Tally ho, Tally...
...Hello," says the tattooed cacodemon to the China doll, as he stepped off the curb into a bit of spring...