Word: curbed
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Last week Baltimore's Lawrence Cardinal Shehan invoked another ecclesiastical weapon - the canonical rule of incardination, which binds priests to obey and serve the bishop of the diocese to which they are attached. He used it to curb another kind of forthright priest, Father Gommar De Pauw, founder of the Catholic Traditionalist Movement...
...better work conditions, but great disproportion exists when an essential working force like the Transport Workers Union can flout a court order, rob the labor movement of its dignity, and create hardship for New York City's populace [Jan. 14]. It is time for the union to curb its unrestrained economic appetite as well as its vituperative chief spokesman; otherwise T.W.U. may join Him at the end of the long White House leash...
...Sabbath blue laws. He had been repainting the white lines of a grocery store's parking lot on Sunday, the only day the lot was free of cars. ≫ A woman who had received a parking ticket for leaving her Volkswagen more than twelve inches from the curb. All the nearby larger cars, which were closer to the curb but extended much farther into the street, were not ticketed. ≫ A grocer who was found in contempt of court because he refused to raise the price of milk as ordered by the State Milk Commission. Wrote Kilpatrick: "We would...
...nation has inevitably cast federal courts as the prime interpreters of an ever-expanding U.S. Constitution. Many overruled state judges resent the trend; many overworked federal judges yearn to curb it. But now that almost every lawsuit is potentially a federal case, how can state courts regain their power and influence...
...added a "defense tax" on all sales to help defray military costs. He has jacked up tariffs on nonessential imports to save foreign exchange. He has also hiked the cost of luxury goods 25% (to reduce demand) and set low price ceilings on most foodstuffs (to curb inflation). To show that he means business, into Cairo's marketplaces he sent 400 plainclothesmen who arrested 150 shopkeepers for price violations in a week. The others got the message...