Word: curtail
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...SASC proposals urge the Corporation to sell its stock in two commercial banks that make loans to the South Africa government and to sponsor shareholder resolutions calling for companies in which it owns stock to either curtail or withdraw their South African investments...
...Jerusalem is almost too big for him and Wife Aliza, 57, now that two of their three children are married. They also have a Tel Aviv apartment, where he used to hold open house for friends. It is perhaps his only regret as Premier that he has had to curtail such evenings...
...proposals urge the Corporation to sell all stock it owns in commercial banks that lend to the South African government. The SASC also asked the Corporation to support or sponsor a shareholder resolution that would curtail companies' operation in South Africa...
...SASC also urged the corporation to support stockholder resolutions that call for companies in which it owns stock to curtail operations in Southern Africa. The corporation abstained on such a resolution for Manufacturers Hanover in April...
...meeting on Western water problems in Denver, Carter was gently chided for his drive to curtail large dam projects by Democratic Colorado Governor Richard Lamm, who claimed that in just one year the value of Colorado crops fed by stored water exceeds the cost of the state's 73 water-reclamation projects. As in Detroit, Carter showed surprising knowledge of regional conditions, noting that, unlike Georgia, Colorado does not help conserve water by metering its use in homes. But, also as in Detroit, while Carter was cordially received, he left his audience vaguely dissatisfied by his failure to propose...