Word: curtail
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...banning political uniforms stripped off the black shirts in 1937, but did not change the line of Mosley Fascists. Even the war did not stop Sir Oswald; not until May 1940 did total war make Britain curtail its traditional totally free speech. Then, without trial and for the safety of the kingdom, Sir Oswald and his ardently sympathetic wife, Lady Mosley, were locked up. Since then, he has been a privileged prisoner. In Holloway Prison (for women) he had his wife's company, a four-room apartment, other prisoners for charwomen, medical attendance and permission to visit London doctors...
...Said the New York World-Telegram, in an editorial syndicated to the 18 other Scripps-Howard papers: "De Gaullists have stooped to anti-American propaganda of a kind dear to the heart of Hitler. . . . If this keeps up, the United States must curtail its plan to arm 400,000 French forces...
...curtail rail travel, big-league baseball last week agreed to forego its southern training season-a practice that dates back to 1886 when fabulous Pop Anson took his Chicago .White Stockings to Hot Springs, Ark. for a tonic. This year's unkinking must be done north of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mississippi (with the exception of St. Louis' two clubs, which may train anywhere in Missouri...
Strike's cause was the Newspaper & Mail Deliverers Union's demand for, among other things, a pledge that none of its members would lose their jobs if the newspapers had to curtail because of newsprint rationing, etc. Strike's end came when the War Labor Board stepped in, ordered strikers back to work pending arbitration...
Although 200 instructors, one-third of the Med School faculty, are now taking an active part in the war effort, Dr. Fitz stated that they had not been forced to curtail their teaching facilities. The main problem, he said, was to maintain a steady flow of medical students...