Word: curtail
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...Africa, governments have kept prices low, fearing the political consequences of expensive food. And in Europe, the E.U.'s entrenched system of farm subsidies lets farmers sell their products on the domestic market at lower prices than foreign competitors. Despite his free-trade rhetoric, Sarkozy is not expected to curtail these handouts, which benefit French farmers most...
...What's more, Crist believes that "just the mere discussion of more domestic oil production" is making a difference. "Look at the effect it's already having," he says, "in the sense that Saudi Arabia is saying they want to produce more barrels a day" to lower prices and curtail any drastic drop in U.S. demand...
Dung, 59, has taken steps to curtail inflation and cool the overheating economy. But he freely admits he's seeking more answers. Starting June 24, he visits the U.S. with plans to meet with President George W. Bush and former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, among others. Although Dung rarely speaks to the press, in a June 20 interview with TIME senior editor Jim Erickson and correspondent Martha Ann Overland, he talked about his upcoming visit and the challenges facing his country, from rampant corruption to human rights. (The following Q&A is based on Dung's translated answers...
...involvement in the nuclear program--all of which could suggest a covert nuclear weapons program. The report provides ammunition for critics pressing Iran to stop uranium enrichment. Iran's parliament, meanwhile, elected as its speaker former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani--who promptly denounced the report and said Iran may curtail its cooperation with the IAEA in the future...
...summer of 2007, the organization Dream for Darfur had asked Staples, the exclusive supplier of office furniture to the 2008 Olympics, to appeal to Beijing to curtail its support for Khartoum. China imports over two-thirds of Sudan’s oil, has invested as much as $15 billion in Sudan’s economy, has stonewalled past Security Council resolutions on the Darfur genocide, and bears responsibility for 90 percent of small arms sales to Sudan since...