Word: halt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Chicago, a stray horse turned up at the Municipal Airport, galloped gaily around the runways and brought air traffic to a halt for half an hour. In Charleston, W.Va., Frank Isaacs landed his seaplane on the Kanawha River, got run over by a steamboat...
Ever since than contest, except for a ten-year gap from 1912 to 1922 and a four-year wart-time halt, the annual gridiron struggle with the Crimson has always promoted an Indian hegira from their reservation in Hanover to the relatively "big city" gaiety...
...Food Is Life." Luckman made a few specific gains. On his assurance that no grain shipped abroad would be used to produce alcohol, 36 out of the nation's 39 major distillers (with 90% of the nation's capacity) agreed to halt operations for 60 days and release all grain on hand or on order. Estimated savings: ten to 20 million bushels of grain. The nation's bakers announced that they would save up to 7% on their bread by refusing to take back stale leftovers from retailers. The National Grange, the American Farm Bureau Federation...
...when enough First Family candidates, presumably, had become rich, the little inbred society called a halt: "All of a sudden, as it were, the Golden Gates to Boston's First Familyland clanged shut, and, generally speaking, they have remained shut ever since. Even the word 'merchant' . . . died out in the Boston language...
Economically, the oil-producing Arab states cannot halt their concessions without severing their supply of dollars. While Arab oil is important but not vital to the United States, American foreign exchange nourishes the power of the Effendi. The recent Arab League decision to postpone discussion of western oil concessions suggests that this Arab weakness is understood at home. A recent Arab threat, close ties with Russia, has evaporated, and never really existed outside the minds of Alice in Wonderland disciples...