Word: curtailer
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...Editors: "Arming the World" [Oct. 26] brought into sharper focus the terrible dilemma we face. Which is better-to curtail arms sales to Third World powers and increase their vulnerability or to arm everyone to the hilt and wait for mutual annihilation? I do not see much to cheer about in either camp...
...effort to help Harvard apportion classrooms and teaching fellows more efficiently. Members have said the council will not approve any plan preventing student from changing tentatively selected courses. But some administrators do support financial penalties for students who switch course selections after opening day. Those sanctions would effectively curtail the freedom to shop around for classes that is now one of Harvard's wisest academic policies...
Though Cobb refused comment on the possibility of an FBI investigation, he said yesterday that university officials are "unwilling to curtail the civil liberties of a few students in order to protect other students and faculty members...
Doubtful of the potential for devising alternative methods, many biomedical specialists, including several at Harvard, fear a reallocation of funds would curtail their research...
...full-fledged price war was under way in U.S. skies last week, defying most rules of economics and common sense. It happened at a time when the walkout of nearly 12,000 air controllers was forcing airlines to curtail their schedules and pack passengers sardine-style into the planes that are still flying. Unlike many recent air-fare battles, the combatants were not the small upstart carriers or the thriving regional airlines. This time the big trunk lines that dominate air-traffic lanes were fighting it out. What is more, the price war was touched off by Pan American World...