Word: halt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hours later, as you careen through transitions and subject-verb agreements, your world suddenly comes to a grinding halt. Accompanied by a nasty sound from the computer, the monitor tells you: "This application has performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown...
...President decides to launch a naval blockade, or "quarantine," to halt the arrival of more offensive weapons from the U.S.S.R...
...Yassin's future, the charismatic leader said last week that he intended to return to his native Gaza Strip soon. Hamas officials insisted his pardon gave him that right. Yassin has moderated his public views during his incarceration, even calling for a halt in Hamas attacks. But, says an Israeli official, "I would expect that the type of things he'd say out of jail would be substantially different...
...group is frantically trying to put a halt to such renovation plans. At the Cambridge Historical Commission meeting last May, Save the Square members protested the demolition of certain buildings they believed to have historic value...
...contrary, furious feuding between Hunter's office and the Boulder police seems to have brought the investigation to a halt. Frustrated members of the Boulder police department insinuate that Hunter has been sitting on the case because he is pals with lawyers for JonBenet's parents, who remain the chief suspects. A police source goes so far as to contend that "the Ramsey attorneys are making the calls, telling us [presumably through Hunter's office] what we can do and when we can do it." Hunter's many defenders--he is so popular that he has been elected to seven...