71.   President Fidel Ramos, a Protestant, is having difficulties with his efforts to curb population growth because of strong opposition from the Catholic Church.

72.   Recent experiments in test tubes and animals have shown they can help curb the growth of some cancer cells.

73.   Some analysts say a slower economy is beginning to curb job growth in some areas and is raising consumer anxiety.

74.   Short-term rates were nudged up six times last year while the Fed sought to keep inflation under control by curbing economic growth.

75.   Some countries, including China, Indonesia and Malaysia, also have made deliberate efforts to curb growth, it said.

76.   The Federal Reserve has boosted interest rates six times this year in an attempt to slow spending and curb economic growth and thus keep inflation under control.

77.   The Duke of Edinburgh, who is the president of WWF International, said curbing the growth of human population is essential to promote conservation of plants and animals.

78.   The EU is not worried that the Russian crisis will curb economic growth in Western Europe.

79.   The government has sought to curb population growth through an aggressive family-planning program with some success.

80.   The presidential order will reverse President Clinton and make efforts to curb population growth in poor countries more difficult.