Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Tories place their trust in legal regulation and the Labourites in a formal but unlegislated "social contract" between the unions and the government. But neither party, once in power, will possess any means short of armed force to carry out its intentions. Both major parties are pledged to halt the staggering deterioration of British living standards--the Tories by fiscal austerity and wage-price controls, the Labourites by withdrawal from the common market and the wealth tax. This tax would produce a sudden increase in the living standards of the majority of the people by confiscating the wealth...
...capital, such an appeal to British moderation might save British industry. It is possible that the political elements of the Labour party would prove strong enough to blunt the effects of the unionists' plans for redistribution of wealth. Unions might discover that their efforts to bring industry to a halt do not cause so much economic chaos as they expect...
...salutary cleansing of America, symbolized by the Administration of Gerald Ford, cannot be completed without inquiry into the operations of the CIA. If the superannuated sleuths of Watergate had their counterparts in the tragedy of Cyprus, it is time to call a halt. If investigation reveals CIA activity in relation to Cyprus, President Ford or Congress should terminate this virtually independent organization that has so often worked against the best interests of America and the world...
...harriers will get another's week's grace before their confrontation next Friday in Providence with Brown's Bruins. They will have to come up with some new wrinkles if they hope to halt the losing streak which has now reached three...
...merchants--bitter, frustrated, and confused--are at a loss for what action to take to halt the protest. Suffering from a severe drop in their business, they agree with the district court judge that if the blacks have a complaint, they should tell it to city hall, not to them...