Word: curtail
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...come this year with Captain Kelley's powerful eight is manifested by an increased interest in graduates of both universities in the annual Thames classic through an oversubscription of the seats on observation trains. Both the Harvard and Yale allotments have been exhausted, and it has become necessary to curtail unusually large applications. Tickets for the University, and Freshman races which come in the morning are two dollars, and those for the First race in the afternoon are five dollars each...
...prevails that the present rapid pace will not result in overproduction, owing to rapid retail sales. The motor industry, despite its eternal enthusiasm, has nevertheless acquired a wholesome respect for inventory figures; and it is stated that, as soon as retail demand tapers off, most makers will at once curtail production...
...opinion of the United States' delegation that the report of the Business Committee may curtail unduly the Conference's scope, and the delegation from the United States, not desiring to delay matters, will vote in favor of the adoption of the report only on the express condition that it will be permitted to present to the Conference, or an appropriate committee, for consideration on their merits, American suggestions or such portions thereof as it may deem germane to the Conference's purpose. Our instructions are such that we would find it difficult to proceed further in the Conference without this...
...first Intended to protect the infant liberties of small nations, has become a blighting incubus, stifling native development. The swaddling clothes, tenderly wrapped about these small peoples a hundred years ago, have, by natural growth of the protected object, become a straight jacket to cramp their initiative and curtail their liberties. The Monroe Doctrine, which originally protected Latin America from European imperialism, has become the justification of a no less hateful policy of American imperialism...
...decision to curtail the membership was reached by the Governing Board last spring after Mr. J. J. Mead, superintendent, had recommended it. The step was forced by the limited facilities of the Union building...