Under American urging, the Salvadoran police appear to have sharply curbed their propensity to kill leftists.

The Federal courts have eliminated or sharply curbed race-conscious programs to help members of minority groups in contracting, employment and college admissions and financial aid.

The roan, anticipating the whip, bounded forward, and was curbed sharply.

A1 A working draft of Iraq's new constitution would cede a strong role to Islamic law and could sharply curb women's rights.

The measures are intended to sharply curb the funds available to fuel inflation, by freezing about $115 billion, or 80 percent of bank deposits.

Once the world's largest rice importer, Indonesia is now self-sufficient in rice, the dietary staple, and its population growth has been curbed sharply.

During the 2002 election the government enacted laws sharply curbing freedoms of the press and public assembly, citing national security.

The administration supports legal efforts by automakers to turn back the rules, which sharply curb tailpipe emissions of global-warming gases.

In the meantime, regional authorities stepped in to sharply curb all wine imports, so that the local wine supply would take priority.

In 1985, Israel sharply curbed its budget deficit, ending its hyperinflation.