1.   Bridges and the EFF say the case could stifle development of new consumer technology.

2.   During his tenure, the company was plagued by high operating expenses and higher-than-expected interest costs, which stifled development of new malls.

3.   He fears that if NASCAR mandated specific safety equipment, it would stifle development of new and better products.

4.   It says taxation would stifle development of new technologies.

5.   The Internet has been largely unre gulated, with policymakers loath to stifle its development.

6.   The vote was a rebuff to House leaders, who had said the restrictions were needed to ensure that the EPA did not stifle business development through heavy-handed regulation.

7.   This sinking air suppresses thunderstorm formation over the sea, stifling the development of westward bound tropical disturbances.

8.   Yet in one major way, he added, geography stifles economic development of the north.

9.   But a government that jailed opponents and caused technocrats to emigrate stifled development.

10.   Israel is trying to stifle Palestinian development in east Jerusalem through discriminatory building regulations, an Israeli peace group charged in a report published Tuesday.