Word: curtailer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Abourezk and Metzenbaum had introduced no fewer than 508 amendments. Each amendment could thus be called up for a time-consuming vote. The Senate had run through only about 200 of them-and seven days, including one 37-hour session-when serious moves began among the Senate leadership to curtail the filibuster. The two filibuster leaders said they would end the talkathon if Carter asked them to do so. But Byrd advised the White House to stay out of the Senate's business. He would take care of the filibuster his own way. What followed was a unique show...
Harvard Magazine officers have not yet found replacements for the six magazine directors who resigned last June after charging the University with trying to curtail the magazine's editorial independence through a major restructuring of the board, a magazine spokesman said yesterday...
...team sport, one weak link can curtail the efforts of the other players, and Crimson coaches are hoping that this won't be the case with the current edition of the Harvard defense. Sure, Joe Restic has welcomed the Ivy League's best defensive line back into the fold along with a potent pack of linebackers, but "unless the defensive backs can handle the one-on-one coverage, we can't do what we want with these other people. We can't use the blitz; we can't put pressure on the opposition," Restic said yesterday...
...after Commencement, six directors of Harvard Magazine resigned, charging that the University has tried to curtail their editorial integrity following a financial takeover by restructuring the editorial board. The University, which has supported the magazine through years of deficits, insists it should have a number of representatives on the board. However, University administrators claimed Harvard did not want full editorial control--just financial...
...need not bus suburban students into downtown schools unless it could be proved that both city and suburban officials willfully sought to segregate their schools. Several alternatives to mass busing have also appeared and received the blessing of Congress, which has acted strongly over the past few years to curtail the Department of Health, Education and Welfare's power to order busing. Among the options: so-called magnet, or specialty, schools that offer courses not available elsewhere in the system. Herewith a report card on how the situation stands in a sampling of U.S. cities...