Word: halte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Perhaps some wonder if there is anything we can do to halt the spread of this political disaster or, more importantly, to restrict the hegemony of the countries that have already wandered down that dark path. The events of the last month should have taught us that there...
Cold war dramas are an anachronism in most of the world today. Not so in Korea. The Seoul government quickly labeled the landing "an act of military provocation" and demanded that the North call a halt to violations of the armistice agreement that ended the war in 1953. The DMZ is the world's most heavily armed border, and probably the tensest. With North Korea mired in famine and economic stagnation, there is considerable apprehension among its neighbors that the Stalinist government in Pyongyang might seek a solution in a desperate attack on the South...
...Graham picked Jones up at 10:30 p.m. for what she thought was a date. Zamora lurked in the trunk, tilting the rear seat forward just enough to see Graham behind the wheel. After the car slowed to a halt on a lonely road near the lake, he motioned to Zamora, who clambered into the passenger compartment screaming at Jones. Graham lunged to try to break Jones' neck with a twisting motion. "I realized too late that all those quick, painless snaps seen in the movies," he wrote in a self-typed confession obtained by the Dallas Morning News, "were...
...series of carefully orchestrated steps. Each step provides oncologists with an opportunity to intervene in the process. In order to complete a successful division, for example, a cell must first faithfully copy its DNA. If a cell makes mistakes in this critical task, vigilant enzymes quickly call a halt to the process until repairs can be made. Sometimes, however, the DNA of a dividing cell is too badly damaged to be salvaged. At this point, these same enzymes help activate a kamikaze circuit that compels the cell to commit suicide by destroying...
...different strategies to retard the aging process. The preventive approach accepts biological aging as nature's given but believes attendant disease, disability and decline can be delayed or staved off through exercise, diet and medical advances. The more radical strategy challenges nature to a duel by aiming to halt or reverse degeneration in the body's cells...