31.   On the ground, Israeli generals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip met their Palestinian counterparts to try to renew cooperation and curb the violence.

32.   Palestinian efforts to curb violence by militants will be discussed at a meeting scheduled for Thursday between Arafat and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel.

33.   Police Chief Edward Davis said the homicides indicate that the city may have had a setback in curbing gang violence.

34.   Publicly, the White House urged calm, while diplomats searched for ways to curb the violence and reinvigorate the stalled Israeli-Arab peace dialogue.

35.   Richards and some teachers tout her efforts to curb violence in schools, but Bush portrays them as ineffective, an assertion some teachers likewise support.

36.   Taft has signed into law school safety legislation aimed at curbing violence in schools.

37.   Texas Gov. George W. Bush said he agreed with the ruling but that Texas will write its own law to curb violence in schools.

38.   The House is expected to vote on a gun control package in late June as part of a bill aimed at curbing juvenile violence.

39.   The gun debate on Capitol Hill is expected to unfold again in January with both chambers drafting legislation aimed at curbing gun violence.

40.   The most substantive result of the three-hour White House session was the launch of a national campaign and nonprofit foundation aimed at curbing youth violence.