Word: curtailment
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Loans, the other traditional option available to students on financial aid, have their own problems. The prospect of a mountain of debt often coerces students to apply to more affordable schools. Debt can also curtail students’ career choices; for those who have thousands of dollars worth of debt, a career in education or public service becomes far less affordable and thus acceptable than one in law or investment banking...
...while, it seemed Bush didn't care what environmentalists thought of him. His Vice President dismissed conservation as "a personal virtue," and his press secretary said Americans should not curtail energy use because "the American way of life is a blessed one." But perhaps because polls now show that nearly three times as many Americans say they trust the Democrats in Congress than say they trust the President to protect the environment, Bush recently has tried to clean up his rhetoric, if not his policies...
...local residents complained of late-night noise. The closing time of Tommy’s, which was 3 a.m. prior to this spring, has long been a point of contention between nearby residents and the different owners of the pizzeria, but the commission has only now decided to permanently curtail the establishment’s hours. We believe that the commission’s decision serves as an injustice not only to Iftikhar, but also to the thousands of Harvard students whose social lives are now dictated by the bedtimes of Sorrento Square residents...
...Laden’s preaching, and there have been rumors of heavy military surveillance (and eventually censorship) of coverage from the front. Although these strategies may ensure the success of the mental war at home by not further exposing the American public to the horrors of war, they seriously curtail the people’s right to freedom of information, something that we hold to be one of our society’s most treasured principles. The government must be very careful when handling ethical issues like this, especially now that enemies justify their attacks by condemning America?...
About 20 Harvard students protested the U.S. bombings in Afghanistan as well as U.S. Congressional bills they say will curtail civil liberties at a rally in Boston yesterday afternoon...