Word: curtailer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Carter does not want to break up the CIA or curtail covert operations. But he pledges to deal harshly with any illegal activities. "I will know what is going on and if there is wrongdoing, I will find out about it. I will tell the American people about it and I will see to it that those responsible are punished...
...anti-nuclear drive is not unique to California. At least 17 states are now considering various measures to curtail nuclear power. Passage of Proposition 15 in California could thus have far-reaching effects on the power debate in these states...
...Will the unions, now split between Jackson and Bayh, get out the vote and curtail rank-and-file defections to Wallace...
...Reagan beat Incumbent Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown with nearly 57% of the 6.5 million votes cast and won a surprisingly high one-fourth of the Democratic vote. Declaring that "there are simple answers," he took office in 1967 with a promise to reduce state spending by 10%, cut welfare, curtail the growth of state government and crack down on student protesters. He turned out to be more pragmatic than his rhetoric suggested, in part because he had to compromise with a Democratic legislature. He managed to limit, but not reverse, the growth of state government; he boasts of vetoing...
...harm the economy. A New York bankruptcy would also wipe out much of the value of $2 billion worth of city securities held by banks round the country. Though the Federal Reserve has pledged to lend the banks enough money to keep them from closing, they might have to curtail their lending to business. Much of the remaining $11.5 billion in city securities is held by individuals, who would suffer serious losses of principal and interest and thus have their buying power reduced...