Word: halt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...small but symbolically important first step would be to halt deforestation of ancient forests in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Incredibly, the Government spends $40 million yearly building logging roads and subsidizing the destruction of virgin forests on public lands. If the U.S. protected its last old-growth woodlands, American officials would have more credibility when asking tropical nations to stop the relentless cutting of their rain forests...
...first criminal case stemming from Amtrak's dumping, a jury in a Florida state court convicted the railroad on four felony counts of commercial littering. When sentencing takes place, Amtrak could be fined $20,000 for its offal offense. The railroad, which planned to appeal, said it would halt service in Florida if the decision is upheld. Amtrak defended its foul trail as merely an "aesthetic" problem...
...been effective for eight and a half years and it had worked well," said Sullivan. "It had forced illegal condominium conversion to a halt...
...halt speculation, Modrow announced strict customs controls on the borders with the West. But East Germany's monetary crisis is likely to worsen, thereby increasing dependence on the deutsche mark -- and West Germany. Bonn, in the meantime, is withholding its promised assistance until it is convinced that East Berlin will introduce concrete and irrevocable reforms...
When Hurricane Hugo ravaged America's paradise from Guadeloupe to Puerto Rico, the tourism industry shuddered to a halt. After two months of eager, endless work, most islands have recovered, but devastated St. Croix is still struggling to rebuild its ruins -- and its image...