Word: curtailer
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...popular clamor, according to most Congressmen, is for legis lation to protect industries--and jobs--threatened by foreign competition. Reagan, an avowed free trader, tried to deflate congressional pressure last week by threatening to retaliate against several countries, including Japan, if they do not curtail unfair trade barriers against various U.S. products, ranging from leather shoes to canned fruit. But Congress will not be easily assuaged. Declares Louisiana Democrat Buddy Roemer: "My district says that America is Uncle Sam, not Uncle Sucker. Lead, Mr. President...
...that was anticipated in 1975 for 1985. Instead, it is around $1.20, and plentiful. Ford and GM want the final standard rolled back to 26 m.p.g. Says GM Chairman Roger Smith: "We won't pay the fine." The company says that it will curtail production of larger cars that bump up the corporate fleet average if the law is not changed. Pressure is building in the Senate, though, to hold the line at 27.5 m.p.g. The Government is expected to decide this month whether to relax the standards...
Pincer number one was the Administration's attempts to curtail financial aid to students and research funding to scientists, as part of an ongoing campaign to reduce federal expenditures on social programs. Pincer number two was a Reagan proposal to cut dramatically the standard tax deduction for charitable gifts, as part of an overall tax reform--a move reducing the incentive to give...
...schollars did leave their chambers or the Yard, they had to curtail their excursion to meet the 9 p.m. parietal hours...
...policy of publicizing predictions for less bucolic places raises rockier questions. Should officials curtail construction and thus discourage new business? What if this kills a community's economy and the quake never comes? The USGS insists that these are decisions for state and local authorities. Besides, the science is still shaky. Says Geophysicist Allan Lindh: "Studying great quakes 150 years apart is like trying to pick horse races from watching one furlong and not even knowing which furlong you're watching." Betting a community's future on such evidence could be quite a gamble--one almost as big as ignoring...