Word: curtailer
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According to the survey, 125 of the 197 cases sampled will be severely affected by the tuition increase. Of these, 77 would have to curtail some of their academic work, while 110 would be obliged to seek income from sources other than relatives...
...doubted it. Some textile manufacturers, said he, even plan higher prices for next fall while business is relatively slow at both wholesale and retail levels. "Manufacturers frankly admit in many cases that they are not going to reduce prices until they have to, and that they would rather curtail production if necessary to maintain the present high level of prices. There is little evidence that manufacturers are trying to reduce costs or prices. This is the stuff out of which booms and busts are made...
...some loudly applauding bankers thought. Thomas McCabe went to progressive Swarthmore College. He began his career at Scott Paper Co., became a supersalesman and finally president. He has held various Washington jobs, including that of deputy lend-lease administrator. McCabe, like Eccles, is concerned about ways & means to curtail credit. He also believes that great efforts should be made to control inflation. The difference between the two may be largely one of method. Amiable, smiling Tom McCabe gets along with people...
...Phillips Ketchum '06, partner in the law firm of Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley, and Ketchum, made one early declaration that under the broadly-defined provisions of the bill, which would render criminal the employment of subversives in educational institutions, "those supporting the United Nations, labor unions, and efforts to curtail racial discrimination" would all be suspect...
...worth $2,300 on a "used" car lot a block away. But many an industry did not charge as little as its prospect of profits would have allowed. Nor did some industries, notably textiles and shoes, reduce prices when sales slipped. Instead, they preferred to close some plants or curtail production to keep prices...