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You cannot win the battle that way and only give cause for a powerful response, and a further curtailing of your freedom.

Some are prescriptive, enshrining freedoms, curtailing the powers of the state and generally hampering would-be dictators.

Negotiations between the U. S. and the Soviet Union aimed at curtailing the manufacture of strategic nuclear missiles.

Hawks have long warned that it would be impossible to curb government spending without curtailing spending on health.

Another is when dealers abandon ship, curtailing the fairs they attend to two a year, say, instead of three.

A state that offers little else, while curtailing other personal liberties, creates a vacuum in its citizens' lives.

Curtailing Saudi production, in particular, would be a huge shock to markets.

Some policymakers indicated in December they had a "fairly high" threshold for curtailing the stimulus program.

Operator BAA Airports Ltd. began curtailing operations on Saturday morning, and there were no arrivals through Sunday evening.

And legal reform and curtailing corruption have been made harder as minor officials have aped the asset grabs of superiors.

Thus, at the broadest level, Beijing has least excuse for measures to protect local employment by artificially curtailing imports.

If a child shows symptoms of attention difficulty, suggest severely curtailing or eliminating television for a trial period.

As they slowly begin to build an independent economy, the revolutionaries are curtailing the colonel's access to supplies.

Analysts said that the economic slowdown in Europe was already curtailing consumption.

Curtailing kernel and adding GUI support could be discussed in more details in future research and development.

Water shortages and natural disasters are already curtailing grain production in the country, driving food inflation, officials say.

interest equalization tax: A tax on foreign investments for the purpose of curtailing the outflow of private funds.

Thirdly, reduced bank lending is the most significant factor curtailing corporate activity and domestic demand.

Many companies are mothballing mines and curtailing exploration to conserve cash as prices tumble.

Credit markets are gummed up, curtailing company investment and consumer spending.

But curtailing the practice will not be easy, Ms. Chu at Fitch Ratings said.

Through curtailing supply and boosting demand, the Fed wants to stabilize the property price and the economy.

Power plants in Jiangsu and Hubei provinces and the city of Shanghai were curtailing operations.

Countries can develop while curtailing climate change if they are 'climate-smart', the World Bank has said in a major new report.

Builders can help the effort by curtailing the runoff of sediments from construction sites.

Some cities started curtailing gas supplies to certain businesses.

If bad weather sets in, one should consider shortening or curtailing the planned route.

Mr Brufau argues that the cut, which saved Repsol approximately 240m euro, was preferable to curtailing investment.

The main negative is that European companies have been curtailing investment, in spite of high generation of free cash flow.

Productive efficiency occurs when production of one good can not be increased without curtailing production of another good.

Focus is on supply & not curtailing demand like India.

Rampant and increasing belief in pseudoscience is endangering progress in curtailing scientific ignorance in developing countries.

A research on curtailing the teaching phase for beginning learners in speed skating classes

if that happens , the fed will face the unenviable task of curtailing its easing or even raising rates while the economy is weak