Word: halt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ITHACA, N.Y.--The Harvard men's hockey team's hopes of salvaging its disappointing season came to a crashing halt here Saturday night. And so did the illustrious career of Harvard's winningest coach ever...
...dismal state of birth control in the U.S. was highlighted last week in a study issued by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The report states that American contraceptive research has come to a virtual halt, causing the U.S. to fall far behind other countries in developing new techniques. Methods available overseas but not in the U.S. include an injection that provides two months of protection and a skin implant that can release a contraceptive hormone into the bloodstream for up to five years...
...square. We discover an astonishing sight: the army lines have been pulled completely back. The square is packed with Tadzhiks listening to their leaders addressing them through a microphone from atop a Soviet army APC. From Tadzhiks in the street we learn that the rattled authorities have agreed to halt lethal confrontations with the angry crowds. "The people demand the resignation of the government!" shouts one speaker. Others call for an end to the sale of pork in public markets, the punishment of soldiers and militia responsible for shooting civilians, even the departure from Tadzhikistan...
...World Health Organization dispatched a public health team to Rumania to determine the scope of the epidemic. If infection is limited mainly to the children, a large supply of sterile needles and blood-testing kits could halt the spread almost immediately, said Dr. Jonathan Mann, head of WHO's Global Program on AIDS. But Mann is concerned that the new mobility of Eastern Europe's populations could lead to faster dissemination of the virus. Citing reports of prostitution in Rumania and heroin use in Poland, Mann called Eastern Europe "the new frontier for the AIDS epidemic...
...sharp disparity in performance? A close look reveals that the two sides of GM are organized differently, are pursuing divergent strategies and are characterized by utterly dissimilar cultures. GM Europe's success, in fact, speaks volumes about the ills of the domestic company and may suggest ways to halt its alarming slide...