Word: curbing
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Those who favor gun control can only win the battle by showing convincingly that the time has come to curb that liberty. Hysterically labeling the NRA as nuts will only cause a backlash and jeopardize sensible gun control...
When Israel deported 415 alleged Islamic agitators last December, the idea was to curb attacks by fundamentalist Palestinians on Jewish soldiers and civilians. It hasn't worked, as evidenced by the casualties so far this month: 10 Israelis killed and 14 wounded. Clashes between protesters and security forces have also left nine Palestinians dead and some 400 injured. The expulsion of Hamas' political leadership has only freed its young gunmen to act more violently. "Now we need not have long discussions about the consequences of acting," says a field leader. "We just go ahead...
McKay "was sitting in her vehicle, parked at a curb, when her vehicle was struck in the rear" by Landry on July 26, 1991, who was operating a truck leased from Ryder Truck Rental, according to the court documents...
Annoyed, shareholders have moved to curb such abuses -- just as they have moved to remove a number of CEOs in recent months. Under pressure from big institutional investors, for example, ITT Corp. drastically altered the stock- option plan for its chairman, Rand Araskog. He had received an outright stock gift with no strings attached. The company replaced the grant with a ^ plan based on performance. AT&T also upped the ante for its CEO, Robert Allen. Allen was once awarded 45,000 shares just for staying on the job. Now, he will receive 250,000 shares, but only...
...culminates a three-year campaign by the Roman Catholic Church against the abortion on demand that flourished for three decades under communism. Women's groups and a liberal wing of the anticommunist Solidarity movement, among others, opposed the severity of the curb. The church hierarchy, supported by Pope John Paul II, pushed for a total ban. Walesa, an abortion foe, opted to sign the new law as the best way to end quarreling...