Word: halt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...closing, as the president drives down that highway along the California coast, grant him moments not only to balance the budget and halt the arms race, but also to relax on the ranch before Sandy Vanocur cuts in and tells him time...
...champion of more oil and coal exploration and other commercial development of federal lands. While an official of a federal power authority in the Pacific Northwest, he denounced the environmental movement as having "fallen into the hands of a small, arrogant faction dedicated to bringing our society to a halt." Although he patiently listened to conservationists make their pitches to his Energy Department, he also helped kill a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency under William Ruckelshaus to take some action against acid rain, rather than just study the problem. Complains Ben Beach, a spokesman for the Wilderness Society...
...dollar and other strong European currencies like the German mark. But at one point last week the pound slipped to $1.12, and the Bank of England started raising some interest rates. The economic recovery has left untouched the 13% rate of unemployment. Brittan maintains that the government could halt the increase during the year with measures such as youth-training programs, the relaxation of minimum-wage laws and the removal of social security taxes on low-wage workers and young people...
...court, the seven protesters, and an eighth ally picked up later, appeared defiant. Four of those arrested were sentenced to 60 days in jail. The other four face the judge this week, and one of these must answer an added contempt charge for refusing to halt a courtroom harangue...
...Instruments, a maker of electronic sensors that does $1 million in annual business with Japan, was delighted with a seminar on the Japanese use of silence. Confused by the pauses that cropped up when he traveled with Japanese associates, Colbert learned that what strikes an American as an awkward halt in conversation may be a refreshing respite to a Japanese. Said Colbert: "Now I wonder, 'What did they think of all my jabbering...