Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deal assumed that Argentina would soon receive new credit from the International Monetary Fund. The country will have to satisfy the IMF that it will put in place an economic adjustment program to cut government spending and curb its 400% inflation rate. As soon as Argentina and the IMF sign a preliminary agreement, which may take a month, the U.S. Treasury will give Argentina a short-term $300 million loan; it will be used to repay the four other Latin American countries that took part in the bailout. The IMF'S executive board will then examine the Argentine economic...
...result, Hart's "flexible" approach to the issue makes it difficult to evaluate precisely what a Hart Administration would do on gun control. But even if Hart's strongest statements accurately reflect his position, such measures would fall far short of what is needed to curb domestic violence. The simple fact is that more than 50 million handguns are is circulation in the United States today, and the number grows by two million a year. More than 11,000 Americans fall victim each year to handgun deaths. Hart's proposals are unlikely to lower this toll. His suggested background check...
...treaty to curb acid rain...
Peru's economy began to slide in 1980 under the pressure of a world recession and low prices for the country's copper and lead exports. Belaúnde further undermined the economy by borrowing excessively from other countries and failing to curb money-losing state enterprises. The gross domestic product declined 12% last year, the worst performance in Latin America. Inflation hit 125%, unemployment 8.3% and underemployment 51%. The Peruvian sol declined 130% against the dollar during 1983. The country's foreign debt is $13 billion, about two-thirds of its gross domestic production. Bela...
...Chinese are accustomed to periodic drives to curb foreign influences. The latest effort was aimed at stemming the perceived dangers of Western mores at a time of increased contacts between Chinese citizens and Westerners. Officials raged against the "rotten" ideology, which "crumbles our faith [and] messes our thinking." Zealous party censors combed school and university libraries for polluting material. In parts of China, authorities ordered women to forgo cosmetics or to cut their hair short. One young worker was castigated for owning an art book that included a print of Botticelli's Birth of Venus...