Word: curbs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...base in the countryside, are unsympathetic to his efforts and are often outright obstructive. It remains to be seen for how long Thieu, in the midst of his struggles to stabilize the economy and strengthen the army, will put up with such tactics before taking more severe steps to curb the powers of the kindergarten...
...endangering the stability of ecosystems that supply food, oxygen and water-the necessities of life. Technology can ease the pressure for now, added S. Fred Singer, a high official in the Interior Department, but the cost will be enormous-for example, between $43 billion and $66 billion just to curb U.S. water pollution over the next five years. Sounding like a modern Malthus, Singer said: "A level exists beyond which a nation devotes too much of its productive capacity to simply keeping its head above dirty water...
...sulphur coal would increase the company's fuel costs by 50%-which the consumer would eventually have to pay for in higher rates. Scott feels that the social costs of pollution outweigh purely financial considerations. Impatient with "conferences, delays and extensions of deadlines," he aims to curb pollution by the previously neglected tactic of enforcing the laws now on the books. "No one has to live in an atmospheric sewer," says Scott, "and it's not going to happen here...