Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...against the arm of the chair in which he was sitting." Last week, charging that injuries to his neck, shoulder and spinal disks had cost him $25,000 in doctor bills and missed concert fees, delicate Pianist Gould filed a $300,000 damage suit against Steinway for failing to curb Bill Hupfer's high-powered amiability...
...curb the swelling imports of wool and worsted materials, notably from Italy and Japan, the U.S. laid down new tariffs last week. They will replace a complicated quota and tariff system in force since 1956, which, a tariff commission official candidly confessed, had "fouled up the wool trade from one end to another...
...contract which, to the discomfort of admen, did not have an option to drop Kaye if the first shows were unsuccessful. (Kaye's first show proved a qualified critical success.) Donner also likes to give G.M. cars a rough spin on the proving grounds, insisted that a wooden curb be built so that testers of G.M.'s compacts would know if customers could get in and out easily...
...shapely brunette in sausage-tight skirt stepped from the shadows to the curb as the small Fiat pulled up. "Good evening," she chirped to the leering youth behind the wheel. "Want to come with me?" Just then a cream-colored Lancia sedan eased alongside the Fiat, horn beeping and headlights flicking on and off. Two well-dressed, well-groomed girls smiled invitingly at the young man. "Hello there, want to go for a ride?'' crooned one, ignoring the streetwalker. "Then follow us." The Fiat roared after the Lancia, and the streetwalker retreated snarling to the shadows...
...miracle of West German economic recovery was sparked by a 50% write-off the first year for manufacturers who replaced war-damaged plants. Expansion was so rapid that in 1955 the rate was cut to 20% to curb too much spending on capital goods. The rate is still more than double that of the U.S.; it has helped make it possible for Germany to undersell the U.S. in many world markets...