The slowing global economy has certainly curbed demand, and a coordinated effort by industrialized countries to release strategic oil reserves on the market bolstered supplies.
Retrenchment will certainly curb fast-growing emissions from China, for example, where double-digit economic growth has been based partly on production from the most polluting industries, such as steel, cement and aluminum.
It would certainly curb the growth of worms but that's not really relevant.
So-called "bureaucracy" around police use of stop and search, has certainly not curbed police freedom or its overzealous use on black young people.
Although Mr. Maliki's chances seem best, the Kurds have pushed for an inclusive government with Mr. Allawi's participation, a compromise that would almost certainly require curbing the prime minister's powers.
"For decades when builders were building subdivisions and single-family homes," Mr. Lesko said, "they often didn't include curbs, certainly didn't have sidewalks, definitely not bike lanes, and weren't pedestrian-friendly".
While the Pill certainly has helped curb the rate of population growth and has given many women the freedom to make choices about when and if to have children, around the world unintended pregnancy is a major public health concern that endangers the lives of women and children and perpetuates the cycle of poverty.
While the product certainly is intriguing, curb your expectations as Delver has slapped an "Alpha" status on it.
If the cost of Medicare drug benefits rose at anything like that rate, Congress would almost certainly feel pressure to curb payments to doctors, hospitals and nursing homes.
In the ad, an awning leads from a church to the curb, almost certainly a temporary installation because churches usually did not have canopies.
