Word: curtail
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Other states, including New Mexico, California and Arizona, have instituted similar financial-incentive plans to save water. The National Wildlife Federation offers an official backyard wildlife habitat seal to those who curtail their lawns in favor of native plants that feed and shelter indigenous wildlife and require less pesticide and water. Applications have increased nearly 20% in the past three years. "Lawns can serve as a play space for children or a psychological barrier between homeowners and the street," says N.W.F. spokeswoman Mary Burnette, "but many people have more lawn than is good for the environment...
...prognosticators to sniff out before the document's release. For example, the overview, released last night, immediately conjures the proverbial elephant in the room. Take this: "Many families face energy bills two to three times higher than they were a year ago... some employers must lay off workers or curtail production to absorb the rising cost of energy. Drivers across America are paying higher and higher gasoline prices...
...powerful interests on the other side of the fence aren't exactly thrilled with Bush. As it fights an uphill battle to reverse an image as crusading anti-environmental marauders, the White House has also disappointed many logging industry leaders by refusing to live up to campaign promises to curtail environmental controls over valuable resources...
This, the ACLU states, constitutes an explicit restriction placed on speech. Here, finally, is an argument that makes sense: it is not the government's place to curtail independent political advocacy. Unfortunately, a better way to solve the problem of soft money has yet to present itself, and the power of those funds is too damaging to our political system to ignore. Chilling effects on the free expenditure of money or no, the McCain-Feingold must be passed. Let the free speech advocates battle those specific provisions out in the courts: in the meantime, the bill can serve to stem...
...Congress has already begun its 107th session. This period in Congress is usually one for deciding the leadership, setting committee assignments and preparing for the session to come. This year, however, Congress has more important business to pursue. The next 15 days offer a unique chance for Congress to curtail the powerful voices of the special interests in politics and to pass the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill...