Word: halt
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GRINDING TO A HALT? Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.), the chamber's senior Democrat, broke with the Clinton Administration today and urged the postponement of anew global trade accorduntil next year in order to take into account the impact of this month's elections. "I believe it would be a mistake to ignore this political sea change by ramming the GATT through Congress next week without much debate and with no opportunity to amend," Byrd said today. "These are matters that concern every American and should not be decided hurriedly, under the cloud of a lame-duck session." Under...
...Tourney Final, Colby's Cinderella run through the All American Tourney came to a grinding halt at the feet...
...which the 18 participating nations could agree -- enforcing the U.S. nuclear-freeze accord with North Korea. After one-on-one talks with presidents and prime ministers of several Asian countries -- including key U.S. trading partners China, Japan and South Korea -- Clinton won pledges for continued pressure on Pyongyang to halt and ultimately dismantle its nuclear program. (The group has already endorsed the deal; Clinton aides are now negotiating how to enforce and pay for it over the next decade.) The president also brushed off queries about the effects of the GOP landslide on trade relations, promising an "open door" come...
...development. By August, Blake Hurst, nearby in Missouri, was beginning to be a believer. The family decided to cut some green corn for silage. The stalks and ears of corn were so thick and heavy that the 15-ton John Deere combine clogged up and lurched to a halt time and time again...
Students who support the proposal say it is necessary to halt teen-age pregnancies which could have devastating future consequences...