Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Other relatively simple steps the University can take to improve the lives of its disabled students include establishing an effective snow clearance policy and increasing the number of curb cuts on the sidewalks...
...known as Pancasila, a set of five principles calling for belief in one God, justice, national unity, democracy and humanitarianism. The law was designed to muffle nearly all dissent in the country and was of a piece with the regime's press censorship and powerful military. It sought to curb the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. After an antigovernment riot inspired by Muslim protesters in 1984 and a subsequent rash of political bombings, a number of prominent Suharto opponents, including a former Cabinet member, were imprisoned...
Noting the arrest of 21 Libyans in Britain and moves by other European countries to curb trade with Libya and restrict the movements of its diplomatic personnel, White House spokesman Larry Speakes said, "These are the kind of steps, this is the kind of cooperation that is essential if we're going to combat terrorism on an international basis...
...without fearing the old nemesis of inflation. Yet in enjoying this good-times atmosphere, the U.S. cannot afford to forget the tough lessons of the past. It should aim to preserve its oil independence so that the economy can keep cruising down the road instead of sputtering to the curb once again...
...about is that after 50 years of almost unbroken deficit spending, with this great growth in the social reforms and so forth there is total change in the debate that goes on in Government and in the Congress particularly, a debate of how to bring down spending, how to curb the deficit...