Word: deadlocking
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...Commission denied student charges. The Commission's decisions had never been designated as binding on the GSAS, they said, so student complaints had no basis. The distinction was only an academic one, however, and the six student members voted to disband the Commission after reaching a six-six deadlock...
...problem is especially acute. Two years ago, police began a crackdown on such Chicago gang "nations" as the Black P. Stones, Black Disciples and Vice Lords. Today, there are probably as many members inside Pontiac as on the streets. After the fatal rumble, most prisoners were kept "on deadlock"−that is, in their cells all day as well as all night. Only this month were the final 200 inmates released from deadlock. With the return to comparative calm, TIME Correspondent Joseph Boyce was admitted to Pontiac and talked with inmate leaders about the killings and what might happen next...
Afterward, while the cons were on deadlock, Warden John Petrilli began meeting with the gang leaders. "At first everyone came and just glared at each other," said Rudy Moore, chief of the Black P. Stones. The initial meetings were heated and dominated by loud talk and badmouthing. But, said Rudy, "it finally dawned on us that this wasn't too hep." Gradually agreements were reached: recruiting was prohibited; there would be no interference with a guard disciplining an inmate; an organization leader was to be held accountable for the actions of members; disputes were to be negotiated...
...midst of the deadlock, India's alliance with Bangladesh has compelled her to keep the prisoners with the burden of supporting the POWs and justifying her position in the light of world opinion urging their release...
...question of whether or not Bhutto will break the deadlock in the POW issue and accord recognition to Bangladesh has thus far been viewed as crucial to the present situation. It seems apparent, however, that such recognition will not come before there is an agreement upon some mechanism for releasing the prisoners...