Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Valentino. Ken Russell's latest turkey can be credited for furnishing an appealing showcase for Rudolf Nureyev's breathtaking prowess on an empty dance floor, but compliments come to an abrupt halt there. We see all the glamor and fame that filled the tile character's moment in the spotlight, but Nureyev's Valentino remains a distant figure, a romantic anachronism bursting forth with panache and charisma and little else. Russell seems to persist in the belief that audiences enjoy having their senses assaulted and will consider it entertainment; grotesques and caricatures dot the screen in "Valentino," evoking some...
Robert Landry '79 said the transmitter had been malfunctioning since the beginning of the semester and by September 18 the station was forced to halt all programming...
Members of the planning board said last night they did not favor down-zoning the property to a residential B classification because the move would not severely limit Harvard's building space, nor meet the community's goals to halt construction of the athletic facility...
...armed convoy that wound its way through Cologne's streets last week was bringing well-known Industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer, 62, home from his downtown office. Suddenly the blue Mercedes carrying Schleyer screeched to a halt in order to avoid crashing into a yellow sedan that was blocking half the street and a baby carriage that had rolled across the other half. Sensing danger, the driver of the convoy's second car pulled up behind Schleyer's auto. As three of the bodyguards jumped out, they and Schleyer's chauffeur were mowed down by at least...
...including East Jerusalem, and 2) the Palestinians have a right to return to their place of origin, to self-determination, and to establish an independent state. The paper rejects Israel's creation of new settlements on the West Bank and calls on all countries to halt emigration of their citizens to "occupied Palestinian and Arab territories." Significantly, the document distinguishes between territory occupied after the 1967 war and Israel's 1948 boundaries-a tacit admission that Israel has a right to exist as a state...