Word: halt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major cities throughout much of India last week, millions failed to report to work, shops were shuttered, and business came to a halt as opponents of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi joined in their first nationally organized protest. The bandh, or strike, was led by eight opposition parties, whose demands included Gandhi's resignation and the calling of national elections well in advance of the mandatory deadline of December 1989. In Bombay, India's main commercial center, most state and municipal employees stayed away from work; in Calcutta, where the Marxist-led Left Front is in control, store owners who dared...
...have been in 1980," he told TIME. "I've learned a lot." Aides say the Vice President, a compromiser by nature, has been most impressed by Reagan's ability to hold firm to a staked-out position for as long as possible. Though Bush worried about the 16-month halt in substantive arms-control talks with the Soviet Union, he lauds Reagan's boldness in deploying intermediate-range missiles in Europe until Moscow finally accepted the President's original proposal to ban all INF weapons...
Gunning the engine, Laurel races down the rutted track. Even before the truck comes to a halt, Trevino is out and running. Suddenly shots are fired, and bullets buzz overhead. Muffled shouts and the sounds of breaking branches come from a thicket of mesquite. Then more shots, this time a short burst from an automatic weapon. A handgun replies purposefully. The shooting stops as abruptly as it started...
Dukakis has also waffled on AIDS. While the Governor can talk a great game about how educating people is fundamental to halting the spread of AIDS, he gets very squeamish when he realizes how brutally frank education about sexually transmitted diseases must be. Last year, the Massachusetts AIDS Action Committee printed a pamphlet for distribution in gay bars and bookstores. When the pamphlet came to the attention of the state legislature, Dukakis supported criticism of the pamphlet that complained of its explicitness. What Dukakis failed to comprehend is that the pamphlet--which made clear and detailed reference to several...
...beauty into chaos last week, however, as floods and mudslides struck hill-hugging shantytowns and roared into busy neighborhoods below. One slide drove more than 500 tons of mud and rock onto a clinic for the aged, killing 25 patients and staff members. Rush-hour traffic braked to a halt as floodwaters covered downtown thoroughfares, causing ten-mile...