Word: halt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Washington on March 10, he found his $1 billion contract with Iran under attack from all sides. Not only was Christopher loudly opposing the deal, but Alfonse D'Amato, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, was using it to escalate his two-month-old crusade for a virtual halt to all American commerce with Iran. While U.S. oil firms have long been barred from buying Iranian crude oil, their foreign subsidiaries are free to purchase it and sell it abroad...
...legal; it is also complicated in its consequences. What the episode perhaps shows is that in order to halt a deal, all parties must first have their cards on the table...
...commission recommended that the buildings be protected under Chapter 2.78 of the city code which protects buildings which are deemed "significant." This designation would permanently halt the hotel's plans...
...Alene tribe announced plans for a weekly national phone-in lottery, set to begin in the fall, that would feature an initial jackpot of $50 million. Odds are high, however, that lottery officials in several states-fearful that a national lottery could siphon off local gamblers-will try to halt the ambitious venture with a series of legal challenges...
Clinton and Bush Administration officials now admit they knew about Conoco's prospective $1 billion oil contract with Iran. President Clinton nixed the deal by executive order this week. The Houston-based oil firm said today in Senate testimony that it was never told to halt negotiations with Tehran to develop offshore oil fields, despite State Department concerns about Iran's terrorist activities. Senate Banking Committee chairman Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), who held a hearing on the matter today, said that State Department officials misled the company: "The Clinton and Bush Administrations knew and did nothing," D'Amato...