Word: halt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...study, the system by which the operation of a certain job is clocked to determine how long it should take to do it. A time study man with a ticking stopwatch can show up on a factory floor and in an hour bring a giant production process to a halt; an argument over time studies is one of the biggest causes of the five-month-old strike at Westinghouse (TIME, Oct. 24 et seq.). Of the 3,399 grievance cases the American Arbitration Association handled last year, 23% were caused by disputes over job standards, wage incentives and time studies...
...President caught the world's imagination and raised its hopes with a new disarmament plan sent to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin. Eisenhower proposed that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. agree to halt the production of nuclear weapons, if the nations can agree on air and ground inspection systems. Said Eisenhower:"My ultimate hope is that all production of fissionable materials anywhere in the world will be devoted exclusively to peaceful purposes." Commented Bulganin: "It is a very interesting letter, and a good...
...playwright's work. In a single room with plain words the Tyrones struggle to explain and justify their lives, and their drama is not a drama of action, but of souls trapped and in conflict: unwilling to stay, unable to destroy the bonds of love that hold them or halt the movement of time which gives them no reprieve...
...dramatic diversion by following their activities. The latest explosion at City Hall, however, reaches much deeper than the usual headline-grabbing maneuver. In effect, it is a public announcement that all efforts at either implementing Urban Renewal or continuing planning work have for the moment ground to a halt...
...running battle between the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and a band of vociferous Texas patriots came to a temporary halt last week. The winners, on points: Dallas Museum trustees, who refused to ban from an art exhibit the works of four painters who were locally suspected of Communist-front activities...