Word: curtail
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...slate for the board, who call themselves the Coop Group, charged Sunday that the Coop management had intentionally hampered their chances of winning seats on the board. By quietly altering the individual political statements submitted by Coop Group members and by effectively changing the date of the election to curtail campaigning, the Coop stockholders may have successfully eased their own management endorsed slate of candidates into office...
...absence of three of last year's top hitters may curtail the squad's offensive activity somewhat. Senior Co-Captains Lisa Bernstein (shortstop) and Betty Ippolito (right field) batted 476 and 439 respectively, while leftfielder Elaine Hopuch, who like Boutillier opted to take a year off, finished second in run production last season with a 448 average, three home runs and 22 RBIs...
With a worldwide oil glut estimated to exceed 5 billion bbl. of crude, OPEC is making its first attempt ever to firm up prices by reducing production. But the 13 members voted to curtail output by only 9.6%, or some...
...desperate attempt to halt the drop in prices, members of OPEC gathered in Vienna over the weekend and announced an agreement for a modest production cut of 200,000 bbl. a day to 18 million bbl. a day. It is the first time the members have agreed jointly to curtail output in order to stabilize prices. Nevertheless, a number of OPEC states are already badly in need of cash, and will be sorely tempted to increase production in the weeks and months ahead...
...head in January, when the Reagan Administration announced that it would continue to supply the Taiwan government with F-5E supersonic fighters. The Chinese argue that the U.S. should set a deadline for ending all arms transfers to Taiwan, or at least should demonstrate that it is beginning to curtail its support for an island that the Shanghai Communiqué treated as "a part of China...