Word: curtail
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...person of vast enthusiasm and energy. Under his regime Seattle's Symphony has come to be recognized as a major U. S. orchestra. But all this autumn there has been trouble brewing behind the scenes. A $15,000 deficit has accumulated; the orchestra has had to curtail its season from 20 to ten weeks. Conductor Krueger gave $2,000 of his $15,000 salary to make it eleven weeks but he also announced his resignation, to go into effect at the end of the year. Although he said his decision was irrevocable Seattlites hoped that something happy might result...
...effort which the organization will make will be to curtail the number of schools for nurses. Another will be to make requirements for graduation stricter than ever. Probationers will be required to spend less time with their beaux and more time with their books, pots and mops before they may change the blue uniform of the student for the white uniform of the graduate nurse...
...borrowing of this huge sum 283 to 236. That no British party dares to risk loss of votes by abolishing the Dole appears from the fact that when last in power the Conservatives (now its chief opponents) not only did not abolish the Dole but did not even curtail it though they had complete control of the House of Commons...
...advertising" and "adversity.'' Last week 2,300 disciples of the former heard how their noun may do much to drive from the land its unwelcome brother. Depression has brought advertising its problems, as it has to every other industry. Clients, frantically endeavoring to save money, are very apt to curtail advertising expenditures. Smart campaigns which in normal times would bring in great results may strike against locked purses and collapse. So an unusual gravity pervaded the convention in Manhattan last week of the Federation of America. But, after heeding the many speeches, most of the ventioners went home more cheerful...
Since the exercises, if this suggestion were adopted, would be lengthened considerably, it might be possible to curtail somewhat the other formalities in connection with the conferring of degrees...