11.   However, Aceves said pulling resources from Nafin, as the bank is known, would stifle economic growth by limiting resources for small and medium sized businesses.

12.   If the long-nourished concept works, such drugs would stifle the growth of the metastases that ultimately kill cancer patients.

13.   In separate letters to President Clinton, the governors and the business executives complained that the trucking restrictions are stifling economic growth on both sides of the border.

14.   Indeed, Sasaki-Smith and others say Japan would already be well on its way to recovery had the government addressed the tougher, deeper problems stifling growth.

15.   Interest rates have remained high to help make the currencies more attractive to hold, and the high rates are expected to stifle economic growth.

16.   Its sap stifles the growth of native plants around it and blisters the skin of people who touch it.

17.   Lack of water -- this is the fourth driest year in California on record -- has stifled feed growth for both species.

18.   Medical experts already knew that Zoladex, which reduces testosterone output, prolongs the benefits of radiation and stifles tumor growth stimulated by the hormone.

19.   Many Western analysts say the nation can revive itself, though the process will likely raise unemployment and stifle growth for several years.

20.   Normally strong high altitude winds stifle the growth of tropical storms born this early in the season.