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Word: curtail (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter called two special sessions with top foreign policy advisers and insisted that they curtail any substantive comment on Iran policy. One official who did speak out was Andy Young, the ambassador to the United Nations; he predicted that "Khomeini will be somewhat of a saint when we get over the panic." Said Presidential Aide Jody Powell when asked about the remark: "The U.S. Government is not in the canonization business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: A Government Collapses | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...direct role in the union negotiations. More than 200,000 workers have been laid off from factories idled by a lack of raw materials and supplies. Almost $2 billion worth of imports and exports are piling up at British ports because of the union blockades. With no power to curtail the flying pickets, Callaghan has gone so far as to en courage Britons to defy them. "Everyone in this country is entitled to cross a picket line if he disagrees with the arguments put to him," said the Prime Minister last week. "I would not hesitate myself to cross...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Collapse of a Social Contract' | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

Library officials asked students to curtail their working hours voluntarily about two weeks ago, one student worker said, adding that most were happy to do so because of holidays and exams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fogg Budget Overrun Forces Work Cutbacks | 12/8/1978 | See Source »

...This (news) item," Moore said, "would need nation-wide circulation in order to reach all the potential contributors and curtail their donations," thus curtailing the success of King's spring project...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Skeletons From the Closet | 11/29/1978 | See Source »

...March 26, 1968, agent G.C. Moore set forth a plan to "curtail the success" of King's "poor people's march on Washington D.C." In his letter--which was obtained by the Select Senate Committee--Moore pointed out that the SCLC had solicited financial contributions from some 70,000 possible donors by mail. He suggested that this fact be publicized through "cooperative media contacts" to imply "that King does not need contributions from the 70,000 people he solicited. Since the churches have offered support, no more money is needed and any contributed would only be used by King...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Skeletons From the Closet | 11/29/1978 | See Source »

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