Word: halt
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...Harvard’s multi-million dollar Allston development fund had been all but wiped out by the financial crisis as of early March, scuttling the hopes of some Harvard faculty and administrators that the money could be diverted toward their own strapped budgets. Allston residents feared Harvard would halt construction on the science complex—a core component of the University’s ambitious plans to build a new campus across the Charles River—originally due to be completed in 2011. Their fears were confirmed this December, when Harvard announced it will halt construction...
...traditionally been the one to halt the runs of opposing teams, blew past his defender but was whistled for the offensive foul as he exploded to the basket. While the Crimson finally managed to record a defensive stop, McNally had his pocket picked and the Hoyas’ Wright was fouled going to the basket...
Having concluded that President Obama's outreach has failed to halt Iran's nuclear program, the final weeks of 2009 find his Administration focused on mustering support for new sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Iran's rejection of the terms offered thus far by the U.S. and its partners has prompted Obama to largely revert to the Bush Administration's approach of ultimatums backed by sanctions - with little obvious prospect of producing a substantially different result...
...Brazilian government can enforce the return." Indeed, David Goldman had flown to Rio de Janeiro to pick up his son after a federal court in Brazil ruled he had legal custody of the boy, only to be greeted by news that a Supreme Court judge had decided to halt the procedure, declaring that the boy himself had to testify about where he preferred to live. (See TIME's 2000 cover story on Elian Gonzalez...
Spare a thought for the British traveler this holiday season. Heavy snow forecast for late Thursday, usually enough to bring the country to a halt, will likely disrupt many people's weekend road and rail journeys. Thousands more, meanwhile, are stranded overseas after Wednesday's collapse of Flyglobespan, Scotland's biggest airline. And with baggage handlers and check-in staff at some British airports planning a series of strikes over pay starting Dec. 22, it hardly feels like the festive season...