Word: curtail
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Sections of the study-which bears the revealing title "Cadres of the Church and Legal Measures to Curtail Their Activities"-appear in the current issue of the human rights journal RCDA: Religion in Communist Dominated Areas. Predictably, Moscow denies the document's authenticity. Claiming never to have seen the memo, Soviet Religious Affairs Spokesman Yuri Smirnov told TIME that it is the work of "enemies" who are "trying to turn the church into a political foe of the state." Said Smirnov: "There is government control of the clergy only to the extent that any citizen is under control...
...Editors: "Arming the World" [Oct. 26] brought into sharper focus the terrible dilemma we face. Which is better-to curtail arms sales to Third World powers and increase their vulnerability or to arm everyone to the hilt and wait for mutual annihilation? I do not see much to cheer about in either camp...
...effort to help Harvard apportion classrooms and teaching fellows more efficiently. Members have said the council will not approve any plan preventing student from changing tentatively selected courses. But some administrators do support financial penalties for students who switch course selections after opening day. Those sanctions would effectively curtail the freedom to shop around for classes that is now one of Harvard's wisest academic policies...
Though Cobb refused comment on the possibility of an FBI investigation, he said yesterday that university officials are "unwilling to curtail the civil liberties of a few students in order to protect other students and faculty members...
Doubtful of the potential for devising alternative methods, many biomedical specialists, including several at Harvard, fear a reallocation of funds would curtail their research...