Word: curbing
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...later, Wesleyan College announced that it will curb its issuance of loans, moving all students of families with incomes below $40,000 to grant-only packages and reducing the size of loans in aid packages to families with incomes higher than that number. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...camera-phone photograph of a man painting on the side of a building in Bethnal Green, East London could be the first image of the guerrilla artist. The photo shows a man appearing to work on a mural of yellow lines that snake down the street, hop a curb and bloom into a flower climbing a wall. In the photo, the man dons blue jeans and sneakers and a dark green jacket. What appears to be a spray-paint mask is perched atop his head. (See pictures of Banksy...
...Pornography and Popular Culture,” Pound Visiting Professor of Law Catherine A. MacKinnon stressed to her Barker Center audience of several dozen that pornography cannot exist separately from the mainstream. MacKinnon is a longtime social activist who has committed much of her career to advocating legislation to curb pornography and representing former porn actresses in suing for damages. In her speech Monday, MacKinnon went straight for shock tactics, suggesting that society is wrong to consider porn harmless when it produces images as bad as those that came out of Abu Ghraib. To be sure, there are many aspects...
...Climate Change The article "Eco-Rebels" confirmed that global warming will require a mix of solutions that we are not prepared to put in place [Oct. 22]. It will require the determined involvement of governments to invest in research and development, create incentives for production of alternative energy and curb our addiction to oil. We need to reduce consumption, recycle and demand that our politicians take action. I am convinced that we will see more debate than substantial change in the near future, but I hope we will not debate the subject to death. Lorenzo Rodriguez, El Paso, Texas...
...discussion hosted by the Radcliffe Union of Students last Wednesday raised the idea of an inherent tension between attempts by the administration to curb its liability and efforts to promote student safety...