Word: curtail
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...House IM secretaries were informed of the erstwhile decision at last week’s meeting, according to Grant C. D’Arcy ’06, head official of House IMs. Students were told that the Athletics Department had decided to curtail House crew due to input from the staff at the boathouses...
Furthermore, the proposed restrictions would curtail a vital aspect of embryonic stem cell research. A large portion of embryonic stem cell research is currently conducted on discarded embryos from fertility clinics, and the proposed rules would not affect this research. Instead, Romney has asked the legislature to ban the cloning of nuclear material, that is, the insertion of foreign DNA into a host egg. Scientists believe that mastering this technique is crucial for any stem cell therapy to eventually be realized, since any tissues grown from stem cells—the ultimate goal of stem cell research—need...
...fits all." And in the past two Congresses, even moderate federal bills sponsored by California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein--limiting purchases to 190 pills a month--died in committee because of industry opposition. Nonetheless, Feinstein and co-sponsor Jim Talent, a Missouri Republican, say the most efficient way to curtail the spread of meth factories is to deprive them of their raw materials. "This legislation is a dagger at the heart of meth manufacturing in America," says Talent...
Sure, I’ve heard the arguments about competitive imbalance in baseball, how a salary cap is needed to curtail spending, and how most teams are effectively eliminated from competition before the season even begins. But did the 2003 Marlins, who had a payroll of just $51MM, 21st in the big leagues, or the 2002 Anaheim Angels, whose $62MM payroll was 16th, hear those arguments? Neither team was given a chance before the start of the season, but both went on to capture the wild card berth and then win the World Series. Baseball is more competitive now than...
...opening the country to foreign investment. "It took nine months - nine months!" Seif told TIME, stretching his long legs out in front of the couch under another portrait of his father. Whether Seif is Libya's future and his father its past is still unclear. But Gaddafi agreed to curtail Libya's nuclear-weapons program as well as pay damages to the families of those killed in the 1988 Pan Am airline bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the non-American survivors of the 1986 bombing of a West Berlin discothèque. As a result, President Bush announced he would...