Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...focuses this time on the highly deleterious effects of acid rain and the nuclear arms buildup. Of the three Canadian films censored by the Justice Department, two deal with the certifiably damaging effects of acid rain, and one, featuring activist Dr. Helen Caldicott, addresses the dire need for a curb on the ever-escalating arms buildup...
Except for an instant when his breath came short, the householder did not feel afraid. Or angry. Instead, he even found himself glancing toward the curb where a chauffeur dozed, or maddeningly seemed to doze, at the wheel of a parked limousine. There was still nobody else on the street. He was aware that whatever it was in the thief s pocket might not be a knife. Very likely wasn't. It occurred to him to demand to see the weapon, then dodge toward the hotel. At the same time he felt constrained, in some peculiarly inappropriate way, like...
When Michael Parkhurst, president of the 30,000-member Independent Truckers Association (ITA), announced a truckers strike two weeks ago, his goals were ambitious: repeal of new federal taxes on diesel fuel and highway use, a curb on state trucking taxes and regulations, and a "meaningful discussion" of the 55-m.p.h. speed limit. What he got eleven days later was a page-long "Expression of Concern" signed by some 35 Congressmen that promised little more than a review of the federal tax hikes called for in the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, enacted by last year's lameduck...
...Tehran government has managed to exploit the war as a unifying factor at a time when the country is riven with inner turmoil. In what appears to be an effort to dampen dissent against his harsh rule, Khomeini has launched a campaign to curb the excesses of the Islamic Guards and the clergy. In an eight-point directive issued Dec. 15, he ordered an end to unlawful arrests and urged respect for human rights, private property and individual privacy. Last week Khomeini took yet another popular step: he had the leadership of the small pro-Moscow Tudeh (Communist) Party arrested...
...such pronouncements proved to be premature. Without advance warning, the Saudis had tossed on the bargaining table an additional demand that remained to be resolved on Monday morning. They would curb production, said Yamani, only if the African states would charge a premium price for their oil that fully reflected its higher-than-average quality. Nigeria, Algeria and Libya produce so-called sweet crude, which yields a particularly desirable mix of products after refining. Moreover, because these countries are relatively close geographically to their European customers, the cost of transporting the crude is lower. For these reasons, the OPEC members...