Word: halt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bill became burdened with such extraneous amendments as tax breaks for parents supporting college students, cutting the age for male social-welfare recipients, restricting imports on beef and lamb, and cutting the depletion allowance for oilmen. "Ah'm game for anything," announced Long. When Mike Mansfield tried to halt the farce with a compromise motion, so much confusion and misunderstanding resulted from the intricate parliamentary procedures that Mansfield ended up voting against his own amendment...
...Frank Johnson who applied the school-desegregation decision to the Montgomery bus system- and thus helped speed desegregation of all public facilities in the South. It was Frank Johnson who ordered both marchers and police to halt their confrontation at Selma, and then- although he disapproves of most demonstrations- gave the marchers permission to go ahead...
...sharp and ultimately disastrous reversal of our fortunes," which meant a loss of $27.5 million in 1966, the shareholders gave him a standing ovation. Perhaps symbolic of Douglas' lackluster recent days was a movie shown to the gathering about its DC-8 jets. It ground to a halt after a few seconds; while workmen found the reason and fixed it, a film about McDonnell ran without a hitch...
...discussion. These open letters between a businessman and six different students are coming to a halt for this semester year. But the thinking of businessmen about students and the thinking of students about business will not stop for the summer. If, on any of the 29 campuses where these letters have appeared, there are further comments or questions, Mr.Galvin can be reached throughout the year at 9401 West Grand Avenue, Franklin Park, Illinois...
...group seeks an unconditional halt in the bombing as the first step to bring Hanoi to negotiations. It plans a national signature campaign and hopes to have a million names backing the demand by early summer...