Word: curbed
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Harvard researchers originally lobbied for passage of pound seizure in 1957 in an attempt to curb anti-vivisectionist sentiment stemming from the marked increase in dog-nappings. Pound seizure laws permit researchers to purchase dogs for three dollars apiece from public pounds. In states without pound seizure laws, stealing dogs and then selling them to researchers is an extremely lucrative business. In addition, pound seizure laws reduce the costs of research--researchers would otherwise pay $200-$300 for farm-bred dogs. To date, there are only nine states which still have pound seizure laws...
Orlans contends the most effective way to curb the excesses associated with animal experimentation is not through more legislation, but through increased lay-person participation in the funding process, and by educating medical students on the ethical use of animals. At present, 14 universities offer courses on ethics and animals--Harvard does...
Finance Minister Yigael Hurvitz called the currency changeover a "mere technicality," but it was clearly more than that. Psychologically, the government hoped, the introduction of a new and more valuable currency would curb the profligate habits of Israelis, who are accustomed to spending their pounds freely. Emotionally, the government hoped, naming the new currency after the ancient Jewish coin would appeal to the Israelis' sense of history. According to Genesis 23: 2-19, Abraham paid 400 shekels to buy a burial site in Hebron for his wife Sarah. In Roman times the shekel was not only a coin...
Meanwhile the President began mulling over the hard choices in the renewed war on inflation. The major options: 1) draconian cuts in the fat budget for fiscal 1981 and perhaps even for 1980; 2) Executive action to enact a program of credit controls that would curb the growth of bank lending to businesses or consumers; 3) a new excise tax on gasoline in order to cut energy consumption and curb the inflationary import of foreign oil; and 4) a request to Congress for permission to levy wage and price controls...
...himself together into one piece, everything might start falling into place. But for now, Brown is having his troubles on both sides of the country. Every time he flits off from Sacramento to join the pack rats in New Hampshire, the shit hits the fan. His lieutenant governor, Mike Curb, has developed a nasty habit of confirming federal judges and making policy decisions while Brown darts through the Concord mills. And, trailing badly, Brown cannot afford to stay at home...