Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...patterns by winds aloft. They listened while the calm, businesslike voice of the astronaut reported by radio as he progressed along his predetermined path. Schoolrooms knew an unaccustomed hush as students concentrated on Shepard's dangerous trip. Traffic thinned in thousands of cities as drivers pulled to the curb and tuned their radios. In Indianapolis, a judge halted courtroom proceedings so that all hands could watch a TV set that had been picked up by police as part of a thief's loot. Tension built steadily until the proud word came: Commander Shepard had landed safely...
...quickly fall; even the newly offered stock of so solid a company as Ford dropped below its issuing price shortly after it came out 5 years ago-and stayed below it for 3 years. For such reasons, many Wall Streeters would like to see more done to curb the speculative fever, lest it bring on a painful shake-out that would harm thousands of small investors and, as in '29, give the Street a bad name that would take years to live down...
Those who campaign against Robert Welch and his followers have advocated only one specific measure: a punitive investigation of the John Birch Society as an un-American organization. The way to curb the petty fascist menace, they suggest, is to investigate...
When the first transport leaves for the moon, a labor reporter commented recently, James R. Hoffa would like to have its crew wearing Teamster buttons. If nothing is done to curb his power, it its more than likely that he will get his wish...
...problems the giant corporation is facing in the marketplace. Its share of industry sales, 15% last year, has slumped to 11.2%. The slow sales have pushed its inventory of unsold cars to 185,000, about a 100-day supply when 30 to 45 days is normal. To curb this buildup, Chrysler has laid off 10,000 of its 70,000 hourly workers. In addition, 8,000 of the company's 30,000 white-collar workers are being fired, a permanent cut aimed at trimming as much as $60 million in salaries. Another cost-cutter: selling the company...