Word: curtailer
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...leader, has felt compelled to counter every move by a countermove, every new weapon with a newer weapon, every show of strength with a greater show of strength. The two hands that control the planet's survival may clasp in a show of summit cordiality, but measurable progress to curtail their nuclear arsenals requires far, far more than ceremonial displays of goodwill...
Charitable contributions would remain fully deductible for taxpayers who itemize, but those who use the short income tax form would not be allowed to write off the first $100 of their total donations. The Ways and Means plan would curtail some forms of trusts, making it more difficult for well-off parents to avoid taxes on income earned from money that they have passed along to their children...
...areas, the House panel's plan is the same as that put forth by the Administration. Both, for example, want to repeal the investment tax credit, which currently enables companies to take immediate deductions of as much as 10% of spending on plant and equipment. Both proposals would also curtail the accelerated cost recovery system, which now enables businesses to depreciate their assets rapidly...
...polygraph examination, a threefold increase in a decade. Fully 98% of the tests were ordered not by police but by private employers, who used them mainly to screen job applicants. Now Congress, many of whose members view the tests as a violation of civil rights, is moving to curtail them. Last week, by 236 to 173, the House voted to prevent the general use of the tests by U.S. businesses. Polygraphs, said Montana Democrat Patrick Williams, "in effect require testifying against oneself." The ban would exempt employers such as nursing homes and companies working for U.S. intelligence agencies...
...shadow war against the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi and the terrorists it sponsors move to a diplomatic front. Meeting for the third time in just eight days, the twelve nations of the European Community voted to expel all Libyan diplomats beyond the "minimum necessary" and to curtail the movements of those who remained. They further agreed that a Libyan declared persona non grata in one country would be unwelcome...