Word: halt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Premier Mussolini looks with a jealous eye at certain portions of the Turkish coast, and is likely to pass from longing to action, if the British Lion has been persuaded into noninterference. An understanding between Soviet Russia and Turkey, judiciously noised in Europe, might well halt the Dictator, no fool...
...long as these men confine themselves to the training of athletic teams. When, however, coaches, athletic committees, humorists, or reporters seek to interpret the relations of two great universities in the light of their own particular jobs, it is time that the enlightened opinion of both institutions puts a halt to their actions...
...this present day the life of peoples and of individuals moves too fast. We must arrest it briefly on occasions such as today, just long enough to review the work accomplished in one year. So the soldier pauses for a momentary halt upon his march...
...Cambridge delegation will encounter representatives of Columbia and Bates prior to its arrival in Boston, and will argue with the Holy Cross debating team on Friday night, October 29. They then expect to halt in their journey for a week-end at Northampton, where they will attempt to have the last word in a debate with the Smith speakers...
...body of a Mrs. George Lewis. Recalling a traditional procedure,† he set five loaves adrift, having to guess where to start them as Mrs. Lewis had drowned unseen, while fishing, her empty boat being the only clue. Four loaves floated idly about. One came to a purposeful halt. Grappling beneath the arrested loaf, Sergeant Bushy brought up Mrs. Lewis's body...