Recruitment from amongst Roman citizens had become greatly curtailed as a consequence of a declining population, "cripplingly numerous" categories of those exempted from military service and the spread of Christianity with its pacifist message.
"After the independence of India, between 1947 and 1970, royal families took their easily disposable jewels out of the country as their incomes became severely curtailed," Mr. Jaffer said.
This is especially the case after early childhood, as the freedom to be intrinsically motivated becomes increasingly curtailed by social demands and roles that require individuals to assume responsibility for non intrinsically interesting tasks.
He added that Ms. Gu became withdrawn and curtailed her trips outside her home after learning of the plot.
After her sister's death, Ms. Perez, too, became depressed and curtailed her cake-baking and baby sitting, which earned her $500 a month.
Suppose it is 2011 and the so-called Volcker Act has recently become law, sharply curtailing banks' riskier activities, like hedge funds and proprietary trading, and separating those activities from consumer businesses and retail deposits.
But I am even more outraged by loss of civil rights that belong to all of us -- rights that were constitutionally written in stone, we were told -- until they became pliable and then curtailed under the inaptly named Patriot Act, which was sold to the public out of fear of one evildoer.
Will they compare Mr. Jindal to Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who became unpopular after curtailing public-sector unions, but whose image recovered enough for him to win a recall election?
She said businesses would be forced to close or move overseas, domestic energy production would be curtailed, housing would become more expensive and agricultural costs would rise.
Their years of innocence have been curtailed as pornography becomes widely available and the mainstream culture is more and more sexualised.
