Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...investigators said, FBI agents went to ITT World Communications Inc. in Washington every day and collected copies of all cables going to and coming from a selected list of countries. The practices apparently were continued until last spring, when the pressure of congressional investigations brought them to a halt...
Instead of fighting for neighborhood preservation, Crane prefers to show what can happen when neighborhood preservers don't halt progress. He claims credit for Tech Square--"a tax payer"--the new Draper Labs, and a slew of other offices that are making money for Cambridge every...
...reformers and moderates this fall. While rent control has emerged as the single most talked-about issue in this unusually quiet campaign, city development and rezoning represent, according to Wylie, Cambridge's most important long-term priorities. No candidate favors wholesale destruction of neighborhoods or, alternately, a complete halt to development in the city; the distinctions between moderates and liberals are largely a question of emphasis, but they are significant nonetheless. Convention '75 candidates applaud downzoning-which limits the number of units that can be built in a given area-and stress the importance of preserving neighborhoods against the encroachments...
...coordination between blue and white collar confederations raised the possibility of inflationary rivalry between the two and an erosion of Social Democratic power, since the white collar confederation was officially politically neutral. While L.O. was not about to abandon its solidarity wage policy and Sweden could not afford to halt structural change in the face of international competition, it was obvious that these policies could not continue as the mainstays of the Social Democratic/Labor program. The need for a shift in emphasis became even clearer in 1969 with the beginning of a wave of wildcat strikes that has continued...
Last week the Nigerian government belatedly requested a halt to the shipping of any cargo to its ports until further notice. If the request is honored, it should help matters some, but at least 50 more ships are already en route to Apapa and will join the line within the next month. If nothing is done, a large London shipping group estimates, the latest arrivals will have to wait ten years before unloading. At best, the port is not expected to be unscrambled for a year...