Word: curtailing
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...minutes, the chairs voice concerns about a perceived lack of transparency between the FAS administration and professors, particularly with regard to Kirby’s unexpected decision this summer to sharply curtail the number of authorized searches for new faculty this year...
Goodman isn't alone. Chvez is determined to curtail U.S. and foreign influence in Latin America. He has panicked already bug-eyed energy markets this year by raising taxes and royalties on Venezuelan oil piped by what he calls scofflaw foreign oil firms, including U.S. giants like ExxonMobil. He's insisting that they convert their drilling contracts into joint ventures that give the government a majority stake...
...Hopefully we’ll use her size well,” Stone said of Vaughn. “She likes to be offensive; we might have to curtail that a little bit right...
...ites, in addition to their own region, want a greater role for Islam in the constitution. The Kurds and Sunnis generally oppose a greater role for religion. Women's gropus are also concerned that a constitution based on Islam would curtail women's rights in Iraq, which are relatively liberal by the region's standards...
...Bank expects a 10% gain against the U.S. dollar over the next two years. And as the Chinese currency strengthens, the economic consequences become harder to foresee and control. Hot money could pour into China from speculators looking to profit from additional yuan gains, undoing Beijing's efforts to curtail excessive spending and lending in overheating sectors of the economy such as real estate. Also, if the yuan goes up by 10%, "you start to worry about China's competitiveness," says William Fung, managing director of Li & Fung, a Hong Kong trading group that arranges for overseas buyers to manufacture...