Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHEN I arrived at Harvard as a transfer student, I though I'd have no problem meeting other students. But since I've been on campus, institutional barriers have done their best to curb my social life. Part of the problem stems from Harvard's abysmal party scene and part stems from missing freshman year--the year-long mixer in the Yard. Transfer students are more likely to run into a brick wall than open-door party in search of a social life...
...longer. Nowadays America's seniors are giving the lie to that grim vision. Fully half of all people now 75 to 84 are free of health problems that require special care or that curb their activities, according to surveys. Says Sociologist Bernice Neugarten of Northwestern University: "Even in the very oldest group, those above 85, more than one-third report no limitation due to health." Declares Dr. Richard Besdine, director of the aging center at the University of Connecticut: "Aging doesn't necessarily mean a life that is sick, senile, sexless, spent or sessile...
Barak said soldiers had no choice but to use beatings in an attempt to curb the riots...
...counseling. The underlying strategy of New York health officials is similar. Says Commissioner Axelrod: "Our needle-exchange program has nothing to do with needles and syringes. The needle gets the addict in so we can educate and counsel." Still, some wonder if the project will even begin to curb the AIDS epidemic among IV drug users. "In view of the AIDS risk," says Dr. Jan Walburg, director of Amsterdam's Jellinek Clinic for substance abuse, "New York is starting much, much too late...
...most dramatic Wall Street split in years, is only one episode in a broader upheaval and personnel shuffle taking place on the Street. In the wake of October's crash, hefty trading losses and a slowdown in business have forced investment firms to cut back their payrolls and curb their appetites for expansion. At the same time, the First Boston episode highlights an increasingly common Wall Street struggle between the traders who buy and sell securities and the dealmakers who negotiate and finance takeovers...