Word: curtailer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...price be held. Last week, just after copper had dropped to a new low of 9½?, a level not witnessed since 1895, it was disclosed that once again M. Pisart would visit the U. S. Again it is hoped that his arrival may mean an agreement to curtail African production, the weapon European consumers brandish over U. S. producers. But coppermen had little hope that 9½? would be the nadir. One smelter was. reported already to be shading the new price, and there was talk that the lowest price in recent history...
Audiences Curtailed. However, the sultriness of Vatican City has caused His Holiness increasing physical distress. Last week, against his inclination, he at last heeded his counsellors, decided to curtail public audiences until autumn. For the balance of the hot season he will alternate receptions with one or two days of rest...
...leaving college prematurely, it is alarming to see how this number is growing every year. It has almost come to the point where no self-respecting girl dare appear at commencement and admit that there has not been a man or a debut in her life sufficiently pressing to curtail her college career. It is true the Committee on Admission has attempted to prevent this situation by asking all candidates how long they intend to remain if they get in, but most candidates have long since learned the correct answer to this question and to employ it regardless of sincerity...
...thereby endangering international friendly relations. After a brief, preliminary survey of the voluminous measure, experts guessed that, whereas the tariff passed by Congress is expected to cut $80,000,000 from Canadian sales in the U. S. next year, Mr. Dunning's tariff may be expected to curtail U. S. sales in Canada by some...
...business recession changed his belief that: "It is unnatural to curtail production of anything. . . . Any plan to manipulate conditions and retard production is inadvisable if not ruinous. . . . Machines eliminate drudgery. . . . Strange as it may seem, the more machines in operation, the more men at work. There are more men working today by 50% than at any time in the history of the world, and the standard of the worker has been raised to a much higher level...