Word: curtail
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last Saturday in a 3 to 1 win over Brown. Then to top that off, they beat the Varsity 5 to 3 in their last scrimmage. The only disheartening feature is the fact that Jack Calhoun, the captain, and Bill Mayer are both troubled with leg injuries which may curtail their playing efficiency...
...must there be an investigation of rights and liberties guaranteed by three hundred years of liberal traditions? . . . We fear that any committee to 'explore' the basis of Harvard's policy will only discover new technicalities with which to curtail our liberties...
...would be borrowed, all Sir John's emphasis was on direct taxation. The guiding principle, he informed his colleagues, would be to impose all the taxes the country could stand. Normal standards of what was popular no longer counted, said he; furthermore, one of his aims was to curtail civilian demands. "There must be restrictions directed against wasteful or unnecessary use of resources, restrictions which limit consumption of a long list of articles, the strictest economy all along the line...
...loomed. Cotton cloth output in March was 48% above the same month of 1938, while production of all U. S. indus-try was up only 24%. By last week, with the warehouses now crammed with 180-190,000,000 yards of unsold goods, the mills were finally starting to curtail operations...
...Freshman class this week has made it patent that these gentlemen do not feel obliged to follow any precepts in the admissions system except their own opinions and prejudices. If their attitude does not change before the second draft is made this year, it will be necessary to curtail their authority with a system of set criteria...