Pulling from the curb, I noticed two squirrels chasing each other up one of the pecan trees.
Doctors have already shown that drugs called statins, which curb the body's ability to manufacture excess cholesterol, can significantly reduce the risk of suffering a heart attack.
Only by analyzing the emerging cause of terrorism and setting up a legal frame of anti-terrorism in the international society can we curb and uproot the activities of terrorism really and effectively.
Last week Israel said it will allow a specially trained force of police loyal to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to travel to Jenin in an effort to curb militancy there.
Here, a vintage Buick sits on the curb on Sept. 26, 2009.
Raising the social stigma against smoking helped to curb the practice, as did higher taxes on cigarettes.
It urged Philippine conservators to set up or expand Marine protected areas and curb plastic rubbish that litters the ocean floor.
This diplomatic gambit hasn't done anything to curb Damascus.
For example, property prices have risen sharply this year and the government has pledged to "resolutely curb" their growth.
The reason this matters is that, hitherto, policies designed to curb the spread of AIDS by curbing infidelity have relied on surveys that asked people about their behaviour.
But critics say he wants to curb the power of the judiciary.
He is sticking to some unpopular positions, such as his belief in global warming and the need to curb greenhouse gases.
Pham Hong Hai of HSBC, a bank, in Ho Chi Minh City, says a stronger dong would do much to curb inflation. Officials, farmers and some manufacturers are worried that it might also hurt exports.
In Beijing, there also are plans to curb the use of autos and halt construction before the Games to clear the air.
The meeting will also seek to formalize existing targets to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
We'll help stop predatory practices, and curb unscrupulous lenders, helping secure your family's financial future.
Mr Chirac was elected in 1995 on promises to cut taxes, to curb unemployment and to "mend the social fracture".
A stronger yuan might therefore curb China's exports to America, but America's deficit would continue to loom large if imports from China were simply replaced by those from elsewhere.
The United States' influence, diminished by the rise of other states and nonstate actors, will be fatally undercut if the country does not curb its unsustainable reliance on debt.
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