Without filling in gaps in the story, Betancur has assumed full responsibility for the decision to curtail talks with the assailants and allow the Army and police to blast their way into the Palace of Justice.
If you make this a case of both of you having to curtail talking too much on a particular topic, your friend won't feel so singled out.
In South Korea, political divisions and public opposition have curtailed talk of sending several thousand combat and noncombat troops.
Once you've finished your self-analysis and decided that you do talk too much and want to do something about it, it's time to get serious about curtailing the talk.
Sally Hershberger, who owns a namesake salon in New York and charges $800 for a haircut, said she curtails small talk when she's working because it makes it hard for her to focus.
Rivera may have to go on the disabled list, and that could impel the Yankees to re-enter the trade market for a relief pitcher; they have essentially curtailed trade talks since acquiring Raul Mondesi and Jeff Weaver in early July.
A8 SCIENCE U.S. and China Reject Gas Curbs The United States and China, the world's current leaders in greenhouse gas emissions, refused to agree to mandatory steps to curtail them as United Nations talks on global warming neared an end.
Ghani had courted Islamabad in the hope it would use its influence to both force the Taliban to join peace talks and curtail its attacks, but violence only increased.
David Cameron was facing a potentially damaging Commons defeat over the Leveson report after he startled his Liberal Democrat coalition partners by unilaterally announcing that he was curtailing months of talks on press regulation and would put his proposals to a vote in the Commons on Monday.
Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush spent years trying to reach agreements with North Korea to curtail its nuclear and missile programs, but the talks proved fraught with complications.
America insists it will not talk for talking's sake, or "reward" North Korean misbehaviour with bribes to curtail its nuclear ambitions.It does not, however, seem to have any better ideas.
