Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They come pouring in by the hundreds every weekend, avaricious tourists with gleams of glory in their eyes. The onslaught created such confusion and congestion in tiny Downieville, Calif, (pop. 500), that Sheriff Albert E. Johnson had to halt the frantic activity for four days last month. The cause of the stampede: old-fashioned gold fever...
Though water depth in the area is a comparatively shallow 600 ft., the most promising oil-bearing strata are anywhere from 8,000 to 13,000 ft. underground. Meanwhile, opponents of the drilling could try to halt the work by appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...Vermont and drew more than 170,000 riders at $2.75 each. There are now 18 of the German-designed tracks in operation, some with nighttime sledding. The one-man plastic chariots on the twisting, toboggan-like runs go up to 25 m.p.h., but can be braked to a halt. Who needs snow...
...intestinal tracts. Biologist H. William Smith, an expert on infectious diseases in animals, suggests that the deliberate creation of an infectious E. coli K-12 would require 20 years. University of Alabama Geneticist Roy Curtiss III has developed an even more feeble strain. Back in 1974, Curtiss urged a halt to experiments designed to create new combinations of DNA in E. coli. Now Curtiss says research with the K-12 strain poses "no danger whatsoever...
...Laetrile, Kennedy showed little patience with supporters of the alleged anti-cancer drug. Facing four of Laetrile's leading advocates-three of whom have been convicted of conspiring to smuggle and distribute the apricot-pit extract into the U.S.-Kennedy asked each in turn whether he would "stop, halt and cease raising false hopes" if an objective test found Laetrile worthless. All four agreed. But before the session ended, it was clear that no Government-sponsored trial would appease Laetrile's fanatic supporters or settle the emotional furor over the drug...