Word: curbs
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Princeton’s new policy was implemented in part as a response to outside pressure placed on elite institutions to curb grade inflation—pressure not limited to its campus. In 2001, Harvard came under similar public scrutiny when the Boston Globe published an article revealing that 91 percent of seniors that year had graduated with honors...
...Carr Premier of New South Wales, 1995-2005 As the two Presidents meet, the polar caps are melting. China and America must talk global warming. Specifically they must discuss a strategy to curb the rising carbon emissions that, over the next 40 years, will deliver a rise in average global temperatures of a full two degrees. Every scientist knows how dangerous that...
...March, increasing the price of gasoline by 29%. In Thailand, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who last year resisted pressure to eliminate fuel subsidies during an election year, reversed course this year as the oil bills mounted. On July 12 he announced the end of subsidies, which he hopes will curb demand for oil imports that have wrecked Thailand's current account. Last year, Bangkok ran a $7.1 billion current-account surplus, versus a deficit of $6.2 billion in the first half of this year...
...reporting at colleges around the country, I did not meet any presidents or deans who felt that the 21-year age minimum helps their efforts to curb the abuse of alcohol on their campuses. Quite the opposite. They thought the law impeded their efforts since it takes away the ability to monitor and supervise drinking activity...
...high last week of $67 per bbl., too many Americans are filling up without paying up. Although some gas stations have installed such deterrents as extra surveillance cameras as well as systems that force customers to pay before they pump, many more have been nagging state legislators to help curb rampant gas theft. Here are some of the fruits of their lobbying...