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A curtailment in Qatar's dalliance with the Iranians to the bare minimum necessary to safeguard Doha's vital economic equities, while foregoing any significant military or intelligence ties.
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Any alleged misuse or diversion of U.S. support will be taken seriously and lead to the possible curtailment of support, if verified.
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OPEC members, in an attempt to bring prices back up, agreed last November to curtailments in production.
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Loosening sanctions in exchange for a curtailment of the nuclear program allowed a flow of western capital and goods into Iran, which Obama and his partners hoped could better integrate Iran's 80 million citizens with the rest of the world.
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The leader of the nation’s largest sheriff’s department says federal officials should reconsider the curtailment of a program that provided surplus military equipment to local law enforcement.
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The wet winter in the state has led to a surge in hydroelectricity, leading to curtailments of utility-scale solar.
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SoCalGas, which has a 20,000-square-mile service area throughout central and Southern California, stretching from L.A. to Orange County and the Inland Empire, issued the same advisory and curtailment watch on Dec. 18 during another cold snap.
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Mr. Geall and Mr. Myllyvirta both said that Thursday’s announcement was missing any language on curtailment, or the amount of electricity generated by wind and solar that never finds its way to the country’s power grid.
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1794
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