1. Conditions included similar curbs on spending and on public-sector wage increases as in previous agreements. 2. But Bush had long threatened to veto the bill unless it included curbs on personal injury lawsuits. 3. The owl plan includes curbs on logging not only on federal lands, but on private lands where the fragile owls live and breed. 4. The recent government steps, unlike those of the Gorbachev era, do not include production curbs on vodka. 5. They are pressing Parliament to pass a series of anti-fundamentalist laws, including curbs on Islamic foundations and new restrictions on the construction of mosques. 6. These include curbs on raising campaign funds. 7. Waxman said nothing the industry could offer -- including curbs on teenage smoking -- would be a fair trade for immunity. 8. Britain has blocked dozens of programs, including curbs on racism and fraud. 9. It has said some economic liberalization targets, including curbs on state spending, have not been met and there was wavering on some free-market principles. 10. The package included curbs on short-selling of Japanese equities and tightened restrictions on margin sales and other risky stock bets. |