Word: curtail
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...statement also seeks to curtail alcohol-related activities at final clubs and to warn students that functions at final clubs "may be disorderly and dangerous...
Even the greatest drug lord's death is not expected to curtail the influx of cocaine into the U.S. "I don't see a big change in trafficking," said James Milford, the DEA's deputy administrator. "All our sources tell us it's business as usual. This guy didn't die in a power struggle but suffered a sudden death when most people in his organization were getting along." Even if the Carrillo organization were to splinter, there is neither a shortage of product nor dearth of entrepreneurs eager to exploit the U.S. cocaine market...
...plenty of people in Hong Kong are still concerned that their civil liberties are not protected well enough. When Tung attempted to curtail public protests even moderately, he ran into an international hailstorm of criticism. Observers grew even more anxious when Tung publicly suggested on the eve of this year's June 4 rally that it was time for Hong Kong to "forget the baggage" of Tiananmen. The Independent Commission Against Corruption is widely credited with cleaning up Hong Kong's notoriously graft-riddled police and civil service in the late '70s and maintaining a staunch bulwark against the rampant...
...settlement -- in which tobacco companies will pay out $368.5 billion over the next 25 years, strictly limit advertising, and agree to FDA regulation -- began even before a group of state attorneys general announced the deal last Friday afternoon. The American Lung Association expressed doubts that the deal would really curtail tobacco's ability to target children, and strongly urged negotiators not to accept it. And as the specifics of the settlement emerged over the weekend, the skepticism grew. Former FDA head David Kessler demanded changes and said that the terms of the 70-page deal sets too strict limits...
However, Wolcowitz told The Crimson during the last academic year that "it wouldn't be hard to convince me we should curtail the use of undergraduates...