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Word: halt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jets and the Sharksbattling for Eastern League turf in high stirrups. The war clubs came out and the ball never rested. The war clubs let loose and the Soldiers Field basepaths never settled. And when time and the fates finally called a halt to this nine-inning diamond joust, 28 hits had fallen, 20 runs had scored, and Harvard had beaten Penn yesterday, 11-9, with a final inning choreographed by Jerome Robbins and written by Horatio Alger...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Marshall Clouts HR; Quakers Fall, 11-9 | 4/21/1979 | See Source »

...life. To be sure, religious observance varies somewhat from country to country and person to person. Nonetheless, to the average Muslim, his faith is much more in evidence in everyday life than is Christianity to people in most Western lands. On Fridays, the Muslim sabbath, life comes to a halt in the factories, the marketplaces and the public squares. Men assemble their prayer rugs near an amplified sound system if there is no time or inclination to go inside a mosque; women frequently pray at home. Others perform the required ablutions and pray wherever they happen to be. A tennis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World of Islam | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

...marks the end of a two-year program to phase out use of the substance following earlier steps to halt manufacture of non-essential aerosols using the chemical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fluorocarbons Banned Totally After Two-Year Phase Out | 4/14/1979 | See Source »

...same suit. We've just gone back and done our homework," Stephen Gay, spokesman for the Red Line Alert, a citizen's group which is seeking an injunction in federal district court to halt work on the extension of the Red Line through Harvard Square, said this week...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: City, Citizens File Suit to Halt Red Line Construction, Charge MBTA With Violation of Three Federal Statutes | 4/11/1979 | See Source »

...thousands of years. California and Wisconsin have in effect banned construction of new power plants until some better method of disposing of the waste can be found. Three Mile Island can only strengthen the hands of some Congressmen who have been insisting that licensing of new plants be halted unless a series of deadlines for progress on waste disposal are met, a move that could halt atomic power construction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Atomic Power's Future | 4/9/1979 | See Source »

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