Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then an army commander, led the bloodless coup that deposed President Joseph Kasavubu, the country had endured five disastrous years of anarchy, civil war and bloodshed. Although rich in natural resources, Zaire was totally unequipped to utilize them when Belgium granted independence in 1960. Industrial development came to a halt when investors refused to risk their money in the unstable country. Today, under Mobutu's absolute rule (he has declared himself President for life), Zaire boasts more than 7,000 university graduates who make up the core of a growing native managerial class. There is an estimated $3.5 billion...
...omens of larger troubles ahead: it is an unmistakable fact that the mood on both sides in the Middle East imbroglio has shifted noticeably since Kissinger negotiated disengagement in the Sinai and on the Golan Heights earlier this year. The momentum for peaceful settlement has somehow ground to a halt. The belief-or hope-that "Dr. Henry" could work miracles has to a large extent vanished...
Graduate students who fail to pay tuition--people referred to as "ghosts" by GSAS administrators--learned earlier this week that the graduate school is considering a new tuition plan designed to halt this common practice...
...Standing Committee on Privacy, Accessibility and Security of Records recommended Thursday that the Faculty petition Congress to halt implementation of a law that gives students the right to see their school files...
...White House is trying to avoid a massive flow of American farm goods out of the country. It will require that grain exporters get Government approval for all big sales to foreigners. Last week Ford intervened to halt the sale of $500 million of grain to the Soviet Union, even though the dealers?Manhattan's Continental Grain Co. and Memphis' Cook Industries?had already signed the contracts...