Word: halt
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Even when he presided over a superpower, Gorbachev talked like someone with a heart of green. At the United Nations in 1988, he called for a halt to humanity's "aggressions against nature." Today, freed from the constraints of government, he sometimes sounds more like a granola-crunching backpacker from California than a former communist who rose through the ranks of apparatchiks in one of the most environmentally irresponsible nations of our time. Gorbachev may be the only world leader to use the word noosphere (a term that refers to human consciousness as it relates to the biosphere...
...number of the White House's nominees for important posts were approved by Senate committees, putting a halt to the seemingly endless stream of controversy over nominations that the Administration has endured. The Judiciary Committee voted 18 to 0 in favor of confirming Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a Justice of the Supreme Court. The Labor and Human Resources Committee gave a 13-to-4 endorsement to Dr. Joycelyn Elders to be Surgeon General. Louis Freeh, the nominee for fbi director, seems headed for quick approval this week...
...bruised. Apple, which surprised Wall Street a week ago by reporting a larger than expected quarterly deficit of $188.3 million, has been losing its edge to software systems like Microsoft's Windows, which endow practically any PC with easy-to-use, Mac-like features. In a desperate bid to halt defections, Apple this month cut prices on 23 models of computers as much...
...there must be a counter-weight to this immense power. The striker replacement bill would destroy the delicate balance, depriving businesses of their only defense against unreasonable union demands. Although those on strike lose wages, businesses would be hurt even more. Their business would grind to a halt, because, in many cases, it is nearly impossible to hire temporary replacements...
...five years since then, Mays and the Twiggs have been battling for Kimberly's affections. In a settlement in 1989, the Twiggs agreed not to seek custody, in exchange for visitation rights. But Mays put a halt to them after only five visits, saying they were causing too much emotional turmoil. The Twiggs resumed their fight for custody, but lost in state court. Undaunted, they are now suing for visitation rights...