Word: curtail
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SASC also urged the corporation to support stockholder resolutions that call for companies in which it owns stock to curtail operations in Southern Africa. The corporation abstained on such a resolution for Manufacturers Hanover in April...
...meeting on Western water problems in Denver, Carter was gently chided for his drive to curtail large dam projects by Democratic Colorado Governor Richard Lamm, who claimed that in just one year the value of Colorado crops fed by stored water exceeds the cost of the state's 73 water-reclamation projects. As in Detroit, Carter showed surprising knowledge of regional conditions, noting that, unlike Georgia, Colorado does not help conserve water by metering its use in homes. But, also as in Detroit, while Carter was cordially received, he left his audience vaguely dissatisfied by his failure to propose...
...proposal also would urge the Corporation to support or initiate shareholder resolutions in corporations in which it holds stock that call upon the companies to reduce or curtail operations in South Africa...
Sources this fall said some members of the Corporation want to curtail distribution of the endowment income, to provide a greater hedge against future inflation...
...strong current of political expediency runs below the surface of Congress's push for civil rights for the aged. Legislators could attempt to use the new forced retirement law to eliminate pressure for the reform of the Social Security system, Later retirements would help curtail the drain on Social Security as well as ease the burden on private sector pension funds...