Word: halt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...only real precautions which may be taken against such a disaster are the use of nonflammable materials in construction, and the installation of an effective sprinkler system which might halt a fire at its origin...
Railroads, declaring that the halt of coal and other shipments had improved their supply of locomotive fuel, doubted that such an embargo would be necessary. Nevertheless, there was so much talk about it in Washington that the railroaders had embargo plans ready. If it were put into effect, not only autos but almost every other big & little industry would be frozen...
...last week a black Packard limousine with a U.S. crest on the door hummed through the maddening boulevard traffic of central Buenos Aires. As it passed, police snapped respectfully to attention. In the Plaza San Martin, where flowers were in bloom, the car came to a decorous halt before the rococo Argentine Foreign Office...
...until this week, on Armistice Day, did the President move to halt the wildfire rumors which had crackled through the capital. Would there be any changes in the Cabinet? None was planned. What about reports that Ike Eisenhower would resign as Chief of Staff? No foundation...
Both Big Business and Big Labor must call a halt to "socially destructive selfishness." The abuses of big labor should be rectified. But, said Luckman, the reformation of business must precede the reformation of labor. To reform itself, business must "stop making noises like a corporation." It must work to restore a sense of "togetherness" between management and labor. It must show that management and labor have the same interests by backing 1) decent minimum-wage legislation, 2) higher educational appropriations, 3) annual wage plans, 4) pension programs. It should do this, if for no other reason, because it paid...