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• Many constitutions require that basic rights can be curtailed only if less onerous measures are not available.
• They argue that the main culprits have been local authorities and that their spending must be further curtailed.
• Bob Hoffman, the endangered species branch chief for NOAA's Southeast regional office, told the Huffington Post on Wednesday that the burns had been temporarily curtailed because of high seas, and that when they resume, NOAA will now make sure each "burn team" -- made up of two shrimp boats hauling booms and an "igniter" boat -- includes a trained observer who will be able to rescue turtles before they are incinerated. Gulf Oil Spill: The Plight of the Sea Turtles
• His playing career was curtailed after he injured his neck when a scrum collapsed in 1980 but that did not end his involvement with rugby. Times, Sunday Times
• September 11 th has brought mostly unpleasant changes, including curtailment of civil liberties and threatened perpetual war.
• There are plenty of practical ideas, all curtailments of our liberty, which might indeed now need to be introduced - such as greater powers for the police to arrest suspects for questioning, deportations and possibly internment.
• It curbs and curtails the natural development of players and stunts the learning process of the finer arts of the game.
• Meanwhile, the Health Service Executive denied last night recent reports that patients in Kerry will suffer following the curtailment of an angiography service.
• The freedom to limit liability was curtailed by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977.
• Drug Administration has pledged to issue regulations curtailing certain types of cigarette advertising and distribution.