11.   Indeed, he expressed some glee at the recent difficulties of real estate investment trusts, whose activities have been curtailed by their plunging stock prices.

12.   Many have stayed indoors, or have curtailed public activities.

13.   Now, impoverished white settlers whose land is played out by logging and grazing are enraged that the government is trying to curtail those activities.

14.   Oil-services companies extended losses on concern that Iraq may be allowed to sell more oil for humanitarian reasons, increasing world supply and curtailing drilling activity.

15.   Since it also curtailed outdoor activities, a basketball hoop was brought into the practice site.

16.   Some rightist members of Parliament have threatened a political crisis over the withdrawal, and the move to curtail Palestinian activities in East Jerusalem seems intended to placate them.

17.   State health officials say Palm Beach and Brevard counties are the only counties to curtail evening activities county-wide.

18.   That is causing Japanese banks to curtail trading activity, according to Takaya Matsumoto, manager for foreign exchange at Tokai Bank Ltd.

19.   That is when children, seniors, asthmatics and others with respiratory problems must often curtail activities and even stay indoors to protect their health.

20.   The adoption of GAAP is expected to curtail loan activity in Mexico.