Word: halt
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Finally, instead of attacking Congress and the Bush Administration for continuing the last-minute federal budget crunch tradition the staff buys politicians' excuses that a budget must be passed now. The country will not, however, grind to a halt if Congress fails to pass the current bill by Friday. Congress will simply have to pass another emergency spending bill, as it has so many times before. It should do so if realistic cuts do not appear by Friday...
After beginning in the Northeast last year, the slump has gradually spread to the heartland and other regions. The construction industry has creaked to a virtual halt after a decade of overbuilding. Says Paul Beitler, a Chicago developer: "The lights in our industry have just gone out. There are going to * be some very tragic times. Within the next four years, 50% of the workers in construction and real estate could be unemployed." Even in California, where the building market has known no direction but up, Kaufman and Broad Home Corp. of Los Angeles reported a 5% drop in third...
...trade embargo "must be enforced." He won a significant victory early Saturday when the United Nations Security Council voted 13 to 0 (Cuba and Yemen abstaining) for a strongly worded resolution authorizing nations with naval forces in the area to use "such measures . . . as may be necessary . . . to halt all inward and outward maritime" commerce. It was the first time in its 45-year history that the U.N. had authorized force to back up economic sanctions...
Formally known as the Environmental Protection Act of 1990, Big Green is a virtual laundry list of environmental protection measures. It would phase out cancer-causing pesticides, limit emissions of greenhouse gases, halt the clear-cutting of giant redwoods, force oil companies to contribute to a $500 million fund for cleaning up oil spills, and create the office of an elected "environmental advocate" to enforce state environmental laws and regulations...
...entire embargo plan would come apart if the Saudis did not give it full support. Shutting down the pipeline would be only the first step for Riyadh. An effective halt to Saddam's oil exports would eliminate 10% of the free world's supply from the market. Saudi Arabia would be expected to increase its output to help make up the shortfall and keep prices from soaring. That would be another red flag to Saddam. In short, if an embargo is to work, the U.S. must provide credible guarantees of military protection to Saudi Arabia. Already there were proposals...