Word: curtail
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...policy of publicizing predictions for less bucolic places raises rockier questions. Should officials curtail construction and thus discourage new business? What if this kills a community's economy and the quake never comes? The USGS insists that these are decisions for state and local authorities. Besides, the science is still shaky. Says Geophysicist Allan Lindh: "Studying great quakes 150 years apart is like trying to pick horse races from watching one furlong and not even knowing which furlong you're watching." Betting a community's future on such evidence could be quite a gamble--one almost as big as ignoring...
Healy said that since the program is statewide, any action to curtail benefits or modify it in any way would have to come from the state legislature...
Although the new regulations raise the minimum standard for cum laude in General Studies from a B-to a B, they were not designed to curtail the number of honors degrees awarded annually. Through some statistical mystery, the slight tightening of requirements is expected to translate into several more honors degrees each year...
Although the new regulations raise the minimum standard for cum laude in General Studies from a B-to a B, they were not designed to curtail the number of honors degrees awarded annually. Through some statistical mystery, the slight lightening of requirements is expected to translate into several more honors degrees each year...
...very important ideas. First, total divestiture as a moral statement is impractical--students can't and won't boycott the constellation of major corporations doing business in South Africa Second, the expansion of Harvard's endowment is nothing to scott at in calling for divestiture. Do proponents propose to curtail funds available for financial aid and University program at a time when the federal government is threatening to severely cut of necessary budget cuts across the board (in my personal opinion regrettably short-changing America's investment in its youths' higher education), the Corporation must bear endowment in mind. Thirdly...