Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most major U.S. exchanges, mean-while, closed two hours early to curb the enormous volume building up since Monday's historic collapse...
...unsupportable foreign debt of $110 billion. In February, President Jose Sarney declared that the country would stop making interest payments on its medium- and long-term commercial bank loans, a stunning action that sent shock waves through the international banking community. The financial crisis has forced Brazil to curb imports and go all out on the export front. So far, the results have been unexpectedly impressive. In July alone Brazil achieved a record monthly trade surplus of $1.4 billion. The Brazilians still rely on sales of such basic goods as orange juice and coffee, but the country has also become...
...constantly produce his bursar's card for HUPD, to the Black female student who must suffer the repeated abuses of racial slurs and sexual innuendo. The recent developments in the Currier House incident merely serve to confirm Black students' suspicions that the University would not issue serious punishments to curb such incorrigible behavior...
...anything been done to curb Nicaragua's chronic problems of mismanagement and inefficiency. Inflation threatens to reach quadruple digits, and such basics as eggs, onions and beef remain prohibitively expensive. Pet projects once showcased by the Sandinistas have withered, including programs to unclog sewers, remove garbage and fix up schools. Says Arturo Cruz, a former contra leader who now lives in Miami: "The Sandinistas were very good guerrillas, but they are disasters as economic managers...
...much as America needs foreign capital at the moment, the U.S. might benefit more in the long run if the European nations increase domestic investment and build up their economies. Only a healthy Europe can boost its imports and thus help the U.S. curb its dangerous trade deficit...