Word: curbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...closely identified with the program of austerity that her enemies have caustically dubbed it "Thatcherism" -a campaign to revive the economy and curb inflation by following a stern policy of tight money and cutbacks in government spending. Even when the unemployment rate for young Britons rose to 34% and the demand for jobs became one of the causes of the riots in the major cities, she insisted that she would not compromise. But last week, as mobs still rioted in Liverpool on the eve of the royal wedding, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abruptly turned away from a key phase...
...merger momentum continues unabated, the public could demand congressional action to curb takeovers. Two years ago, Democratic Senators Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio and Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts introduced a bill in Congress that could have prohibited mergers between companies with assets of $2 billion or more. If sentiment against mergers grows, they stand ready to introduce that legislation again...
Reagan announces a new policy to curb proliferation...
Since interest on the public debt already accounts for 10% of the federal budget, the high rates are making it harder and harder for the Administration to curb spending. It projects a fiscal 1981 deficit of $55 billion, virtually unchanged from its previous forecast. Actual spending may still rise by at least $6 billion over earlier projections, to $661 billion during the period, with most of the increase coming from interest rate charges...
...atomic bombs, to international inspection. The Reagan Administration views Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan, as a bulwark against Soviet expansion in the region and argues that building a security relationship with the dictatorial and unpopular regime of General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq is the best way to persuade Islamabad to curb its nuclear ambitions...