Word: curtailment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...site does not explicitly call for violence against abortion doctors. Furthermore, the site can be viewed as an informational political vehicle, since it also urges voters to begin letter-writing campaigns against abortion. Much as we might prefer that the site be taken down, it would curtail the First Amendment to force the site's owners...
...gets nothing more for its subsidies and tax breaks than a handful of new dead-end jobs. Corporate welfare saves existing jobs from immigrating to Mexico. Also, the system inflates corporate bottom lines, as required for the steady elevation of share prices. It would be a serious mistake to curtail corporate welfare before we cure the ills that spawned it--free trade and years of sluggish economic growth. Until that is achieved, the system will continue to protect taxpayers from Washington's more egregious mistakes. JIM CASE Baltimore...
...rationale to curtail traditional welfare programs, such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps, and to impose a lifetime limit on the amount of aid received, was compelling: the old system didn't work. It was unfair, destroyed incentive, perpetuated dependence and distorted the economy. An 18-month TIME investigation has found that the same indictment, almost to the word, applies to corporate welfare. In some ways, it represents pork-barrel legislation of the worst order. The difference, of course, is that instead of rewarding the poor, it rewards the powerful...
Anxiety arose during the off-season that Adams' injury would force him to curtail his aggressiveness. Adams, however, believes that his game will still be just as physical...
...sure Irving Kristol, Harvey Mansfield, Midge Decter, Minister Neuhaus and company deplore the murder in Laramie; nor should I wish to curtail their First Amendment or academic freedom...