Word: halte
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Power. In a compromise with Congress the President had already agreed to end the Cambodian bombing by Aug. 15. That was not soon enough for Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, a Brooklyn Democrat, and four Air Force officers. They brought suit seeking to force the President to halt the bombing on the strictly constitutional grounds that only Congress has the power to declare war and that an air war on Cambodia was undeclared. The Government contended that the bombing was "part and parcel of a war that has continued for many years...
...Khmer insurgents have gained the initiative and now possess the ability to capture Phnom-Penh if they want-thus winning the war. The militarily and psychologically weakened Lon Nol regime has little chance of gaining any compromises from the victorious insurgents, especially with all American air support due to halt...
...arguing about separation of powers, reporters are being forced to carry copies of the Constitution with them. And all those people who were reared on Perry Mason, whose steel-trap mind is always ahead of everybody else's, are wondering how come those fellows on the committee stammer, halt, fumble and they never get a witness to break down in tears and say "I did it. Take me away." I wonder...
...railroads and mass-transit systems, but despite Administration approval of the idea, the highway builders vehemently oppose any diversion of funds. Last year the two forces fought each other to a standstill, so no highway bill was passed at all. That threatened to bring the building program to a halt...
After a week, the management requested an halt to the leafletting and suggested that both sides submit to binding arbitration...