Word: straitjacket
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However, Hinman did not make his device into a straitjacket. The contours of his canvases do not always match the contours of his hard-edged colors. In Cloud No. 2, for instance, a yellow, earlike shape embraces but does not parallel the straight ridge of white, thus throwing into shadows and visual doubts where a shape ends or bends...
...large enough influence on assortment, quality and range of production," the preamble continued, and production is so low that "living standards in this country greatly lag behind those of mature capitalist countries." Frankly admitting that it will take years to shake the economy out of its planning straitjacket, the committee justifies the switch in ringing words: "The development of the socialist way of life has nothing in common with the antiquated ideas of ascetic socialism that do not take into account the material needs and interests of the people...
...many of them tend to unload it as quickly as possible when it seems to be threatened by economic difficulties. Since Britain buys so much more than it sells, three-quarters of its sterling reserves are in foreign hands, a fact that straps the British economy into a straitjacket. The only way out of the jacket is to increase greatly the amount of sterling Britain earns...
Cyprus' political straitjacket has forced its economy, to remain largely as the British left it when they granted independence in 1960, after five years of gureilla struggle. Cyprus is a classic example of a colonial economy, exporting raw materials, mainly mineral ores, and importing manufactures. Forty-five percent of foreign trade is with the United Kingdom. Now the poilitical and economic tensions in Cyprus have brought that country to the verge of civil...
...went straight back to his subcommittee and forced through a cut of $800 million, from the $3.6 billion authorization to an appropriations recommendation of $2.8 billion. Johnson was furious, called in reporters for a statement: "The proposed reductions in foreign aid funds would put our foreign policy in a straitjacket. I cannot believe the Congress intends to require the United States of America to follow policies of weakness and retreat...