Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...elections in the fall, the U.S. warned that it might reduce military and economic aid to Korea. Last week General Park said that he would hold elections after all. Similarly, the U.S. recently used Brazil's need for continued aid installments to prod the government into moving to curb inflation...
Politically, Malaysia has already experienced some acute pains. Fearful that a stable new nation will curb Communist subversion in Southeast Asia, Russia has branded the federation "a cunning invention of London" set up with the "unqualified support of U.S. imperialists.'' Both neighboring Indonesia and the Philippines have launched a campaign of invective against the whole idea...
...formal letter to U.S. Aid Chief David Bell, Dantas listed eleven separate steps that his government will take to curb the ruinous inflation that has lowered the value of Brazil's cruzeiro by 78% in the past five years alone. Among them: tighter controls on government spending in order to cut Brazil's treasury deficit, less new currency to be printed, some much-needed overhauling of money-losing state-owned enterprises, a serious attempt at tax reform and improved tax collection, curbs on coffee overproduction, expansion of other exports (iron ore, meat, manufactures), encouragement of private investment from...
...separated). The majority supports a conservative interpretation of the Constitution, but few would advocate open defiance of court orders, especially after last fall's tragedy. Most students will express a concern at socialism being taught in the classroom, but few will support an effort to curb the free exchange of ideas among students and faculty...
...took months to prepare the way. An emergency plan had to be designed to curb Brazil's breakneck inflation, which has raised the cost of living 5-5.4% since February 1962. President Joao Goulart, who built his political reputation as a wage-boosting leftist demagogue, had to take steps aimed to prove that his ways had changed. Last week, when all was ready-or as near ready as possible, Brazil formally asked the U.S. to save it from bankruptcy...