41.   The downward trend began six weeks ago and one trader said it was partly caused by investors curtailing activity because of the absence of bond profits.

42.   The loss of her singing voice has not curtailed her activity.

43.   The patriarch also has angered the Vatican by his efforts to curtail the activities of many non-Orthodox congregations in Russia, including Catholics.

44.   The new terms of reference would force the commission to drastically curtail its activities.

45.   They feared that the banks would eventually sell their company to a third party that will lay off workers and curtail union activities.

46.   Those activities were curtailed after he hurt his knee last summer and later had surgery.

47.   Israel contends that Syria, which has deployed troops in eastern Lebanon and in the capital Beirut, is capable of curtailing Hezbollah activities.

48.   An airport official confirmed that flight activity had been curtailed over the past several days.

49.   UN forces have had to curtail activities in Gorazde and carry out foot rather than motorized patrols because of the fuel shortage.

50.   Many government activities have been curtailed, such as the issuance of environmental regulations, the allocation of research grants and the release of economic and science data.