Word: curtailer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...England was one of the areas of the country most severely hit by the winter energy crunch--schools were closed, cars were locked in the garage, thermostats were lowered and all of us had to curtail many of our activities. But, for all the inconvenience and suffering, Harvard escaped the crisis with relatively few disruptions. Despite the financial implications, the energy shortage has helped teach the University something it would do well not to forget: the meaning of austerity and efficient utilization of available resources...
...week ago, the likelihood that the cultural center would have to close down or severely curtail its operations was the cause of great dismay among members of the center's executive board. It now appears, however, that the center is assured it will be able to maintain a meeting place at least for the coming year. Whether the center will have the economic wherewithal to continue its present staff and range of programs remains an open question...
...written into the specific language of the Constitution, the right was found by the Justices among the "emanations" from amendments concerning free association, free speech, self-incrimination and unreasonable search and seizure. Last week, however, the emanations weakened as the court announced two new decisions that seem to curtail rather than expand the individual citizen's right to privacy...
After five years of a generally prosperous and successful existence, the Harvard-Radcliffe Afro-American Cultural Center will most likely have to close or severely curtail its operations because it lacks necessary financial support...
...their clothes. The streakers galvanized the bleachers by running from top to bottom. But in the left field stands a fat man with his shirt off drunkenly played the exhibitionist, puckishly pulling down his pants at various inspired moments. The fans booed when equally fat policemen swaggered over to curtail the brouhaha...