Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Department of Health, Education, and Welfare told manufacturers that, effective with 1968 models, all cars sold in the U.S. must be equipped with devices that will curb exhaust fumes, which pollute the air in almost every major U.S. city and are potentially a major killer. HEW hopes that its new regulations, which will cut out about half of the carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon pollutants, will clear the air somewhat by the end of the decade, as new cars replace older smoky models...
...accident occurred about 7:30 a.m. at the junction of Longfellow Bridge and Memorial Drive. Apparently the scooter hit a curb and Holtan was thrown clear. Bradlee stayed with the vehicle as it veered across the center of the road and overturned...
Where will the market go next? Brokers are generally optimistic but have a standard hedge: all bets are off if the Viet Nam war forces the Government to openly control prices and credit and thereby curb profits. Except for that, most insiders believe that the market has just about touched bottom, and many of them are talking about cracking the elusive 1,000 mark on the Dow before long. One prime reason is that the blue chips are conservatively priced, selling at little more than 16 times the estimated per-share earnings for 1966-lower even than...
...preliminary results of the study are revolutionary because they indicate that contraception cannot curb the population rate in societies with high mortality, and that it becomes really effective only in societies of very low mortality. Thus Heer concludes that "progress in curbing the population explosion may best be brought about through further reduction in mortality," rather than increased contraception...
...Morris Chafetz's proposal to curb alcoholism by the introduction of a drinking course into our educational system [Jan. 21] is about as absurd as initiating a practice sex program at an all-male school or college in order to curb the divorce rate...