1.   From the start of the year, it began sharply curtailing money supply growth to control inflation, analysts said.

2.   Gov. George Pataki has refrained from such attacks, perhaps because he has succeeded in curtailing the growth of many state programs over the last two years.

3.   Higher taxes would be good for the bond market by curtailing economic growth and by reducing the need for the government to issue bonds to cover spending.

4.   Japanese stocks fell for a fourth successive day after the yen surged against the dollar, threatening to curtail profit growth of exporters such as Sharp Corp.

5.   Many Democratic measures were aimed at softening Republican efforts to curtail the growth of Medicare and Medicaid, while others covered the legislative waterfront.

6.   San Andres officials already have passed some emergency measures to curtail population growth.

7.   Richard Marquez, an activist who campaigned for the losing Proposition L, which would have curtailed commercial growth in some neighborhoods, said he welcomed the closer scrutiny.

8.   That would bring about measures that could curtail business growth.

9.   The goal of the program is to curtail population growth and make family planning available worldwide.

10.   The governors were especially concerned about Republican plans to curtail the growth of Medicaid and Medicare spending.