Word: curtail
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...retiring this December after 18 years in Congress. Simpson, who sponsored a major reform of U.S. immigration rules in 1986, has some further fine-tuning in mind. What has businessmen so riled up is provisions in Simpson's 200 plus-page immigration package that would sharply curtail the number of foreign skilled and professional workers who can enter the U.S. on employment visas each year. Those in the technology business charge that at best the cutback would erode their competitive edge and at worst could threaten their future growth and prospects...
...Forbes', the nonrich would probably lose in other ways as well. Because most businesses, shorn of special tax breaks, would face higher effective tax rates, they would probably pass along that cost as higher consumer prices. Denied a tax break for employer-provided health insurance, companies would either curtail those benefits or reduce wages. And under Forbes' plan, there would be no relief from the biggest tax burden that faces most workers: the 15.3% Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes...
...traditionalist and an Arab nationalist than the King, is not likely to divert Saudi Arabia from its pro-American course. Meanwhile, Britain ordered the deportation to Dominica in the Caribbean of Mohammed al Mass'ari, a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia's royal family. Saudi Arabia had threatened to curtail trade, including military purchases, unless London silenced al Mass...
...wouldn't be hard to convince me we should curtail the use of undergraduates," the assistant dean says...
...said to the central coordinators, there has never, ever been any intention to curtail the HAND program," Lewis said to the demonstrators. "Everything I am doing is trying to ensure a smooth transfer...