Word: curtailer
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...Myojin descended to earth on the island of Nippon some 3,000 years ago, he brought prostitutes with him and installed them in a shrine. There and in neat, cherry-blossomed houses, they flourished as honored licensed entertainers, even after 1946, when Douglas MacArthur ordered the Japanese government to curtail the business...
...President's recommendations to Congress followed closely the report of Steelmaker Clarence Randall's Commission on Foreign Economic Policy (TIME, Feb. 1). Said the President: "This program consists of four major parts: aid, which we wish to curtail; investment, which we wish to encourage; convertibility, which we wish to facilitate; and trade, which we wish to expand." He asked Congress for legislation on these major specifics...
Every now and then one of these blue laws rears up, managing always to curtail the most wholesome of activities. Saturday night's tied-score hockey game was the latest victim of the antique ruling.s When the clock had struck twelve, the Cinderella law hustled both teams out of the arena, presumably wary of the myth that coaches turn back into pumpkins. In this way, the hours from Saturday midnight to Sunday noon are kept free from all vice, including overtime in sports events...
...Constitution? President Eisenhower's declaration led to an obvious case in point: the controversial Bricker amendment to curtail his treaty-making powers (TIME, Jan. 18), which has brought his Administration to the brink of open warfare with Congress. Defending his opposition to the amendment, Ike went back to the Constitutional Convention and put a question to the reporters: Why was the Constitution formed to replace the old Articles of Confederation? Then he answered his own question...
...wouldn't begin to accomplish their proclaimed objective of 'trade, not aid.' " A lower protective tariff, said the association, which includes Du Pont, Dow Chemical Co. and General Aniline & Film Corp., would cut back production of essential chemicals, halt expansion plans and force the industry to curtail its $204 million-a-year research program. The industry is itself the product of protective tariffs, said the report; it got its start when chemical imports from Germany were cut off in World War I, and was built up by a postwar tariff policy...