31.   They stressed that Rafsanjani was succeeding in curbing the power of the clergy.

32.   To that end, he has set out to curb the powers of the president, army commander, Parliament and judiciary.

33.   We should curb the power of special interests by restricting political action committees and dramatically reducing the amount they can give to candidates.

34.   Yet Texas actually has one of the weakest gubernatorial offices in the country, a legacy of a Reconstruction-era constitution that was written to curb executive power.

35.   Other bids to curb the power of the court or to influence its decisions by appointments to its bench have been relatively commonplace.

36.   Others suggest curbing the power of any single permanent member to veto resolutions, which paralyzed the United Nations in the Cold War.

37.   Plans to curb the powers of municipal councils could make Hong Kong less democratic, a City University academic warned yesterday.

38.   All were found guilty of tacitly supporting controversial socialist government legislation curbing the powers of trade unions.

39.   Britain also wants to curb the powers of the Court of Justice, EU high court.

40.   But some fear legal reform may ultimately encourage demands for democracy and curb their power.