Word: curtailing
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Jeffords said he cast his vote yesterday to make clear his view that judges are badly in need of a pay raise and because, unlike last week's measure, this one did not curtail lawmakers' rights to make speeches for fees...
Josu Ternera is thought to have been responsible for the assassination of the Spanish Prime Minister in 1973. Police believe the arrests will seriously curtail the terrorist activities...
Economic planning seems to be in disarray. Pricing officials announced two weeks ago that state subsidies for such consumer goods as fabrics and some appliances would be modestly increased. But the plan contradicts Gorbachev's announced intention to make prices reflect the true costs of production and to curtail subsidies. Last week authorities unveiled new rules barring private cooperatives from engaging in certain kinds of businesses -- for example, selling jewelry and renting videos. Only five days before these restrictions were announced, Gorbachev had called for a "stronger cooperative movement" during...
...Similarly, King Hussein's decision last July to curtail Jordan's role in the West Bank removes for the near future the option of letting Amman act as a reluctant surrogate for the Palestinians...
Connolly called on Harvard to support aproposed RJR shareholder resolution that wouldestablish an independent panel to declare smokinga health hazard, curtail the company's tobaccopromotion and advertising, and force RJR to getout of the tobacco business by the year...