Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...drastic new efforts to curb the refugee exodus from Dresden, the authorities have set up "block commandos," made up of civilian party members, who make nightly neighborhood checks, knocking on every door. When nobody answers, they alert the railroad police to watch for the resident. Banks are now required to report the name of anyone who draws a suspiciously large amount of cash from his account. As a result, would-be refugees now leave on weekends to thwart the commandos (since many Dresdeners take vacation weekends in the summer anyway), never draw more than $50 in cash to take with...
Growing Opposition. Yet Balaguer made no attempt to curb three booming, middle-of-the-road opposition parties. One led by three returned exiles, reported signing up 800 new members a day, were met by crowds so exuberant that they even embraced the police escorts. Another group, known as the National Civic Union, signed up 2,500 members in a three-day canvass of the non-Trujillo upper classes. The party's first act was to buy a two-page ad in El Caribe criticizing the government. Balaguer answered with a 2,000-word letter agreeing that changes were needed...
Mattei's growing political influence has even his own Christian Democrats worried. Though they criticize his iron rule of E.N.I., they dare not curb it since the government depends heavily on E.N.I. profits, which amounted to $7.4 million on sales of $577 million for its past fiscal year. Furthermore, Mattei ranks as a national hero for his much-headlined battles against the oil Goliaths, and for reducing Italian gasoline prices by 22% in the past two years. He has built E.N.I., once a discredited Fascist enterprise, into one of Europe's biggest industrial complexes-one which turns...
...Blake would unite the churches by throwing out the Protestant principle of sola scriptura. Once the Biblical curb on ecclesiastical power is removed, there is not a chance of stopping the bureaucrat. And guess who that lucky dog would be? The "organization man"-the man in the image of Dr. Blake. Our appeal to sola scriptura was given the heave ho. But without sola scriptura, you simply cannot be Protestant at all, much less Calvinist...
Lusty & Lax. Part of the answer lies in the lusty, freewheeling nature of the American Exchange, which professionals still call "the Curb" in memory of its humble beginnings. Unlike the older...