11.   The gambling industry has tried to curtail the practice.

12.   The fund is one of several organizations that has seized on the issue with fervor, though with little hope of curtailing the practice.

13.   The once-common practice has been curtailed by tighter environmental regulations.

14.   The practice was curtailed only after the White House intervened.

15.   The Republicans have undertaken a top-to-bottom review of congressional operations, and they say they will curtail practices that have outlived their usefulness.

16.   After a battle with the flu on Thursday that curtailed his practices and required an injection, Hollander looked fine.

17.   It has been criticized by many in the West, including the Vatican and the U.S. Congress, for curtailing the practice of religious faith in Russia.

18.   The group has implemented voluntary guidelines to curtail the practice of marketing inappropriate R-rated films to children.

19.   The movie industry, for example, devised voluntary guidelines after the release of the report to curtail the practice of marketing inappropriate R-rated films to children.

20.   Those laws curtail monopolistic practices by businesses.