Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...waited a long time to extend the Red Line and this is the farthest it has ever gotten with its plans. But now the MBTA is running scared. Kiley wrote a letter to the City Council last week, urging it not to join the lawsuit, which could effectively halt construction on the project. Danehy has accused the MBTA of "scare tactics." He shows no signs of backing down...
...rate was rising in the U.S. while it was going down in other countries, and Washington in their view was doing little to check it. Different sections of the Government were even working against each other. Step-by-step increases in interest rates forced by the Fed failed to halt an inflationary increase in the U.S. money supply. So those who sold dollars regarded the sales as a can't-lose bet. Their thinking: So what if the dollar is undervalued? It will probably go down some more, and Washington won't buy dollars to prop up the price...
Bitter summer-long hassles over Brooke's financial "misstatement" in his divorce proceedings with his wife Remigia played no small role in putting the temporary halt to the Senator's political career...
Alarmed that the Egyptian decision could bring the negotiations to a halt, President Carter reached Sadat that evening. Next morning, Carter related at a campaign rally for New York Governor Hugh Carey, Sadat sent word that he would let the negotiators stay in Washington. Carter acknowledged that there had been "trouble in recent hours" over the Israeli settlement issue. But once again the President had skillfully stepped in at a crucial moment and saved the talks...
Unfortunately, railway operations are no match for the African right of way.Three hours out of Dar, our express came to an abrupt halt; it had killed a young giraffe that had wandered out of the savannah. An hour was lost as the crew replaced a broken brake hose, while passengers crowded around the carcass to gawk and hack off chunks of meat. At Mkushi, one of the many Zambian bush towns that have been revitalized by the railway, we waited for two more hours under a broiling sun. Our engineer and conductor lost an argument with station controllers over whether...