Word: curtail
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Certainly, reformers do not want an end to all regulation. But most agree that many of the pre-1960s agencies have outlived much of their usefulness and that their rules, once necessary to curtail the old robber barons, now work to inhibit natural competition and accelerate inflation. These agencies do little if anything to improve the quality of life, and deregulation, as proved by the CAB'S move to free air fares and the SEC's loosening of brokers' commission rates, can quickly and dramatically cut prices...
...previous years, shareholder resolutions asking other companies that market infant formulas in the Third World to curtail their sales in those areas have come before the University's Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR...
...case, it is more important than ever to consider those issues seriously. The Farber case dramatically highlights the double-edged significance of the growth of investigative journalism in the last several years. The same press that can inform the public and thereby protect citizens from attempts to curtail their personal and political rights may also inadvertently set in motion proceedings that may deprive individuals of their life and liberty...
...backers have called it "the centerpiece of our national energy policy." Secretary of Energy James R. Schlesinger '50 has pushed the bill as a vital means of curbing America's voracious energy appetite. And President Carter, who promised our Western allies at Bonn this summer that the U.S. would curtail its oil consumption by 2 million barrels a day before 1985, obviously considers gas deregulation a primary means of keeping his promise...
...curtail assaults on their history, Latin American governments have passed stiff new laws against smuggling, stepped up customs inspections and exerted pressure on other governments to cooperate in the fight against the thefts. The U.S., for its part, has made it illegal to import any pre-Columbian object without the approval of its country of origin, and customs officials have become more vigilant...