Word: curtailer
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President Clinton's proposed budget for the 1999 fiscal year would curtail the rise in the amount of federal financial aid given to college students...
...report notes that street robberies are declining in the neighborhood, and "judicious use of directed patrols to curtail larceny from motor vehicles" has contributed to a significant decrease in car thefts...
According to the UFW, grape-growing continues to cause health risks for both farmworkers and consumers. Thirty percent of farmworkers are under age 16, the UFW says; 27,000 farmworkers yearly suffer acute illnesses from pesticides, despite laws aiming to curtail their use; and farmworkers face generally unhospitable working conditions, often lacking bathrooms and drinking water. Meanwhile, the UFW claims, consumers are also at risk. According to a 1992 study by the General Accounting Office, cited by the UFW, grapes are sprayed with 75 different kinds of pesticides--one-third of which are known to be carcinogenic--and between...
...Chinese rejected the White House's proposal to hold the dinner in a heated tent, with hardwood floors, on the South Lawn of the White House. The Chinese insisted on the more formal elegance of the East Room of the White House interior. The White House consequently had to curtail its guest list...
...package would be offered in concert with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and individual countries, including the U.S. government, which is committing about $3 billion in aid. The money, designed to help curtail the wild spread of currency crisis around the region, will be tightly controlled...