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decontrol

[dee-kuhn-trohl] / ˌdi kənˈtroʊl /


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In 1983, he helped Dingell block a high-stakes bill to decontrol natural gas prices when a majority on the committee favored passage.

From Washington Post Aug. 25, 2015

About 300,000 apartments have been deregulated in the past 16 years, he said, and only a full repeal of vacancy decontrol laws would prevent more losses.

From New York Times May 27, 2010

Tenant leaders were, surprisingly, critical of Mr. Paterson’s proposal to raise the so-called vacancy decontrol threshold to $3,000 month.

From New York Times May 27, 2010

But tenants fought back and won in a court decision that also undercut plans for using city tax abatements to further sweeten returns on apartments pushed into luxury decontrol.

From Time Jan. 20, 2010

If he could decontrol even half the disks on Vinin it would create enough confusion to cover his own escape.

From The Instant of Now by Irving E. Cox

Legislators who created the 421-g program always intended for the units to be decontrolled when they hit the $2,000 mark, he said.

From New York Times Apr. 28, 2010

Inflation will surge as more prices are decontrolled this month and the cost of oil, coal and gas is allowed to rise in April.

From Time Magazine Archive

This two-tier approach has led to some economic absurdities: farmers, for example, must buy fertilizer at high, decontrolled prices but sell their grain crop at low controlled ones, sometimes at a loss.

From Time Magazine Archive

The turning point came in June when crude began to be decontrolled.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have not only decontrolled your friend's disk," the Chief explained blandly, "but I have doubled his receptability to sound.

From The Instant of Now by Irving E. Cox

By decontrolling routes, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 enabled dozens of new airlines to enter the business.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has spoken of decontrolling some gas prices and requiring "substantial sacrifices" from the American people to assure energy supplies.

From Time Magazine Archive

The EPA fears that decontrolling prices will merely widen the gap between the cost of leaded and unleaded gas and encourage more drivers to skirt the law that requires unleaded in new cars.

From Time Magazine Archive

The next plan, the Supreme Soviet urged, should be far bolder in cutting government spending, deregulating economic activity and decontrolling prices.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the verge of decontrolling oil prices, Carter feels he must now reconsider for fear of adding to inflation.

From Time Magazine Archive




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