Word: halt
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Trying to halt the peso crisis besetting his new administration, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo today signed a bullet-biting accord for wage and price restraints. Several hours later, in a nationally televised address, Zedillo tried to persuade ordinary Mexicans to join him in enforcing wage and price ceilings to avert any further devaluation or inflation. "Mexico is confronted with a serious economic crisis that will invariably affect the population and demand sacrifices by all," he said. Under the accord, business leaders would not raise prices on domestic goods, while workers would give up substantive pay hikes. Despite these moves, both...
...reaction, "The church's refusal of condoms even for saving lives is absolutely incomprehensible. It disqualifies the church from having any role in the whole debate over AIDS." As heartless as John Paul's position may seem, it is consistent with his view of the world: the way to halt the effects of unsafe sexual practices is to stop the practices...
Cities and school districts in the county found themselves scrambling for cover or quickly pulling back on their ambitions. The Laguna Beach district said it may consider its own bankruptcy filing. The city of Santa Ana said it may have to halt construction projects, including a new $100 million city jail and police headquarters...
Villiote's career almost came to a halt before it even had a chance to get started. She was looking to play hockey when she began school at Shrewsbury High in Shrewsbury, Mass...
...with an unsolicited promotional mailing, triggering a flood of angry E-mail massive enough to knock them off the Net. A few years earlier a single "worm" program, designed by a Cornell student to explore the network, multiplied out of control and brought hundreds of computer systems to a halt...