Word: halt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...another thing, the moose proved itself emotionally unable to cope with the problem of turning a corner. It would travel at high speeds in a straight line, but when faced with a left or right turn, would come to a complete halt and hang its head, confused and hurt. Whereupon the driver was forced to alight from the sulky and physically push the moose until it was once again aimed in the correct direction and high speed travel could proceed. The coming of winter matorially affected neither the animal's speed nor his inability to turn corners...
...bankruptcy reorganization in 1940. The new management figured that those who came in for cigarettes and tobacco might also walk out with a shirt or tie. Many did. But since men who knew tobacco best were running things, the haberdashery business was not pushed very hard. It failed to halt a decline in sales, and profits shriveled to a paltry...
...full list of the Junior Assistant post and other information about the program is on hand at the Placement Over to Weld Halt...
Because all but five of the Album's other staff members are scattered outside Cambridge, production on the book will stop for a two weeks halt. It will be resumed when the remainder of the staff gathers to pick a new editor, reorganize its work, and set a new date of issue. O'Donnell now hopes the book will be out by June...
...order to give big vehicles the most possible space in which to make this turn, a new stoplight will be installed in front of the Harvard Trust which will halt traffic coming into the Square from the Littaur end of Mass Avenue. Other stoplights will be located in front of the Varsity Liquor store and in back of Lehman Hall...