1.   Nevertheless, Congress was forced to agree to a constitutional referendum in April which threatened to curtail its powers.

2.   District school boards can no longer meddle in hiring or other matters at individual schools, curtailing powers that some say school boards had no business exercising anyway.

3.   Interruptible customers come in different classes, based on the amount of notice required before power is curtailed.

4.   LOOPHOLE INSPIRES LEGISLATIVE END RUN Last year, Gov. Jim Geringer of Wyoming vetoed a bill that proposed a constitutional amendment to curtail veto power by governors.

5.   Mejia said in an interview that confidence in the consulate can only be restored by curtailing the power of future consuls.

6.   Such a majority would give the party the votes to change some aspects of the constitution, like curtailing the powers of watchdog agencies.

7.   The administration backed the bill only after negotiating a softening of several provisions that the White House felt would have curtailed its power over the IRS.

8.   The constitution appears to create a veneer of democracy by allowing the formation of political parties, but it severely curtails the power of their elected representatives in Parliament.

9.   The issues range from repealing the ban on assault weapons to curtailing the powers of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.