Word: restricters
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...good soil of Burgundy, are pulled rudely out of their shells, boiled, dressed with garlic, stuffed back and served up sizzling hot on tin plates to be downed between gulps of rich red Chambertin. So delectable is the escargot that the best breeds of him are becoming scarce. To restrict snail-plucking, the Department Council of the Cote d'Or met lately at Dijon, soon found itself embroiled in a hopeless argument over the question of what is a snail...
...course is to become clear and unified they must cooperate, either by regular meetings to discuss their problems and work, or by some adherence to a general outline of the basic material of the course. In the past they have held meetings only to discuss examinations. This would restrict to some degree their individual work, but it would go far to dispel the inky murk which often settles over the novices who take the course...
...Free Trade is not dead!" he shouted, thumping his rubber tipped canes on the floor. "The tariff bill is unjustified by fact and experience. Its definite purpose is to restrict international trade. ... It wil increase the cost of living and lead to wage wars. It will impose heavy new burdens on the poor and it is useless as a bargaining weapon...
...intrastate scale the principle of Interstate Commerce Commission control of airlines to restrict competition (see above) was tested last week in Tucson, Ariz. Errett Lobban Cord's Century Pacific Lines, Ltd. appeared before the Arizona Corporation Commission to ask a certificate of necessity & convenience for carrying passengers between Douglas, Tucson & Phoenix on its route from Los Angeles to El Paso. Opposing the plea was American Airways, Inc. with the claim that it had pioneered the territory, that it was giving adequate service with three round trips daily between Tucson & Phoenix, that it could give more whenever traffic warranted...
Next day before a House committee studying Philippine independence, Senator Hawes declared Secretary Hurley's proposals smacked of "political immorality." According to the Missouri Senator, Secretary Hurley's advice to restrict Filipino immigration without setting a date for the Islands' freedom was "like hitting a man in the face whose hands are tied behind his back...