Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Stanford Provost Richard W. Lyman said in a statement yesterday afternoon, "It is important that we avoid precipitous reaction and make every effort to curb the rumors which are bound to occur. Apparently, none of the individuals have been subpoenaed, and so far as we can tell, the information requested is of a limited nature...
...band walked slowly in front of the hearse as it pulled away from the curb. We played "Lead Me Savior," next, moving together with slow steps, swaying from side to side to the throbs of Booker-T's big bass drum...
...committee ultimately decides not to recommend any punishment, its mere existence poses a widespread threat. "Possible misconduct" is a hideously vague term, and unless it is quickly clarified, a large segment of the Faculty may feel threatened. If the committee has any idea of where it will curb its investigations, it should explain the limits immediately. And if it decides to go ahead with the hearings, it should be sure that those hearings are open, so that the members of the University will know what kind of witches the committee is hunting and what evidence it will use to burn...
...interest rates on Eurodollar loans or the uses to which they are put. Thus the expatriate dollars are extraordinarily sensitive to the gyrations of monetary supply and demand. They race across national boundaries in response to tiny changes in interest rates, and their existence complicates government efforts to curb currency speculation. It is hardly surprising that European moneymen have come to regard the Eurodollar as a genie that has somehow escaped from its bottle...
...defensive fight, the liberals will have certain tactical advantages. Parliamentary rules are on the side of the opposition in the House. But the adoption of a defensive fight will put the committee in the embarrassing political posiiton of having proposed nothing to curb the disorders. Mrs. Green will probably introduce a bill of her own making, and hope that any of the "overkill" amendments tagged on to it will be defeated in the Senate...