Word: curbs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...agreement, such as it is, was not reached without tension and dispute. On the eve of the summit, Carter let it be known that he was "deeply angry" about a remark by French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing that the Americans "haven't even started" to curb wasteful use of oil. Once the sessions began, however, Carter's principal opponent was not Giscard but German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who conducted what the American President wearily described to aides as a filibuster in favor of the European plan; the difficult personal relations between the two had rarely been more strained...
State Department and White House officials are hoping that four factors will curb the anti-Turkish feelings on Capitol Hill...
...quarter of this year, up from 6.8% in the final three months of 1978. At the same time, the growth of exports, a main source of irritation between Japan and its trading partners, has slowed. The official growth goal for the year is 6.3%, but, given the need to curb oil consumption, actual economic expansion could be limited to 5% or less...
...summit atmosphere will also be clouded by a certain amount of diplomatic recrimination. Carter will encounter criticism for the conspicuous failure of his Administration to curb the American appetite for energy. Most of the lecturing will come from the European Community countries, who can boast that they are successfully shaving their own reliance on OPEC oil by nearly one-tenth. Another irritant is the Administration's recent decision to subsidize the import of such middle-distillate petroleum products as diesel fuel and heating oil,* which the Europeans see as a hasty overreaction that sets a dangerous precedent. Said...
...Doctors' fees to Healthcare patients would be fixed by the Government. Physicians could charge other patients what they pleased, but the Administration hopes that wide publicity given to the maximum Healthcare charges would curb their other bills...