Word: curtail
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...Special Investigations Unit has moved aggressively into Central Square in recent years attempting to curtail drug violations. The increase in arrests is partly because of that...
...games - until the end of the season - for his hit on Canuck Donald Brashear. The incident raises questions on where to draw the line between sports violence as an occupational hazard and as a criminal act, and what measures professional sports organizations are willing to take to curtail violence...
Economic self-interest - and a good deal of prodding from a White House worried about spoiling Democratic election prospects in the fall - looks likely to impel OPEC to finally curtail spiraling oil prices. Fuel costs began to skyrocket last March when the group implemented a 7.5 percent cut in crude oil production that was also respected by nonmember oil-producing nations. The Clinton administration has been hands-off until now, saying it'd let the market self-adjust, but prices have just hit a nine-year high - with American emergency crude oil stores at a 25-year...
Last night's problems were all too familiar. The team didn't play physical enough to curtail the Terriers speed early. When it did limit the B.U. rush, Harvard had difficulty finishing its own scoring chances...
...Misgivings about racial preferences extend beyond conservatives," says Ramesh A. Ponnuru, a senior editor at the National Review, a conservative opinion magazine. He cited recent initiatives to curtail affirmative action in California and Washington that have received support among Democrats...