Word: curtailer
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...Stahl and Diane Sawyer and with ABC'S Catherine Mackin, apparently because all are blond. Indeed, President Reagan once addressed Stahl as "Judy" at a press conference. Says Woodruff: "I do not notice many people confusing Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw." Moreover, she fears that aging will curtail her career: "Men gain credibility as they get older, but women are not accorded that treatment...
...line review of the federal budget," a prospect sure to horrify conservatives who distrust the federal judiciary. The amendment has definite appeal to be sure; while it would not make it impossible for Congress to keep on spending more than it takes in, it would at least help to curtail profligacy. But the amendment also raises enough questions to recall H.L. Mencken's aphorism: for every complex problem there is a solution that is "simple, neat and wrong." -George J. Church Reported by Evan Thomas/Washington
...authors warn that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries remains powerful despite the excess oil supplies that depressed prices earlier in the year and the group's inability to set production quotas in Vienna two weeks ago. If the oil producers could find the political will to curtail output sharply, say the authors, a barrel of crude oil that now costs $34 could reach $72 by the year...
...both instances, opponents responded by trying to curtail the comments they so detested. The chairman of the Harvard Jewish Law Students Association (HJLSA). Denine J. Karlam '80, chastised the Law School for partially funding the conference at which Deena Abu-Loghod, information coordinator for the PLO mission at the U.N., would speak. The reason, according to Karlan: the school's decision to fund the program "implicitly supports the PLO," because Abu-Loghod "has a reputation for hooking into these types of conferences and using them as a forum for PLO views against Israel...
Some Masters have had to curtail their professional work to accommodate House responsibilities John E. Dowling '57, Master of Leverett House and professor of Biology, can be found during the day at the labs. "I find teaching very stimulating," he says, but adds that in his year as Master he has had to cut down on speaking engagements and service on government committees. Likewise Warren E.C. Wacker, Master of South House and director of University Health Services has dropped clinical teaching...