Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Washington had already dispatched $1.2 million worth of parachutes, spare aircraft parts and uniforms to Kinshasa. But the Carter Administration postponed action on Mobutu's request in the hope that diplomatic efforts might halt the fighting. After talks with U.S. officials, Nigerian External Affairs Commissioner Joseph Garba pledged that his country would act as go-between. Other black African nations share Nigeria's concern that the fighting could turn into a full-blown...
...implementation of a comprehensive national health insurance plan, if the plan lacks special incentives for prepaid health plans, would halt the growth of HCHP and others. The advantage to potential members of lower total cost would be removed, and few would join for the advantages of group practice alone. The passage of a national health insurance bill would also take the lid off health expenditures in this country and leave no incentives for hospitals and physicians to avoid very costly and sophisticated equipment and techniques. The incentives to economize in plans like HCHP have proved that efficiency in health care...
...impasse brought the negotiations to a halt last month and sent the University on a search to find a third party to help mediate the differences...
When a painting is not in imminent danger of blistering or cracking or a major sculptural flaw does not develop or a drawing does not need treatment to halt sliding in the mat, then aesthetic considerations assume primary concern, Beale said. Yellow varnish may discolor a painting and invite a cleaning...
...fulfilling many of them-creating a welfare-reform plan, drafting an energy policy, tackling Government reorganization. But Carter has at least hedged on some of the other campaign pledges. In spite of his previous opposition to the construction of B-1 bombers, he has yet to announce he will halt the program inherited from Gerald Ford's budget. He has also abandoned the notion, barring a national emergency, of stand-by wage-and-price controls. On other issues, Carter has fudged his position. The vow to cut $5 billion to $7 billion in waste from the defense budget will...