Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Torture is still widely used in Brazil, despite pledges made last spring by the country's new President, General Ernesto Geisel, to halt the barbaric practice. According to a report compiled by Brazilian Roman Catholics, former victims and attorneys, at least 79 persons have died under torture in the past nine years and thousands of others have been subjected to beatings, electric shocks and other torments. Torture, said the report, has become "institutionalized" in Brazil, conducted mainly by military security forces. A recent victim was former United Methodist Missionary and TIME Stringer Fred B. Morris, 41, who was held...
...Tufts field, which resembled a swamp in certain places, was a big factor in the contest. It hampered passing and slowed down the play as the ball often came to a complete halt in the numerous puddles on the field. Footing, particularly toward the end of the game was non-existent...
...ties, in turn, are used by Ohio National Guardsmen to halt erosion in a city park. The parks department, as a result, will be able to stretch its budget so it can build rest rooms in a new park...
Until the new plan is finished, says a government official, "those four points are the bible." Unfortunately, the halt in office construction will deny the city new revenues that are vital to the building of needed public housing. Also, restoring old buildings will drive up rents as the historic areas become fashionable places to live...
...Gallo issue is not a three- or four-sided issue. It is a two-sided one: The UFW faces a united front of California's growers, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Nixon-Ford administration. In December 1972, the California Supreme Court had to halt an attempt by the Teamsters and the growers, working in collusion, to keep the UFW and its organizers out of the fields. The Teamsters made large and illegal contributions to the Nixon re-election fund; Charles Colson wrote memos instructing the National Labor Relations Board, the Justice Department and the Labor Department to stay...