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...taxi came to a halt. "Buffalo?" the driver said. "Buffalo! BUFFALO...
...March 26, the court ordered the University to halt the renovations until a full hearing could examine the merits of issuing an injunction prohibiting further construction...
...plight of Nations Air showed the public's concern about the safety of low-cost airlines as investigators dredged the swampy ValuJet crash site for clues to the cause of the accident. Such fear of budget flying could result in higher U.S. airfares if no-frills carriers halt or cut back service. ValuJet, which suspended 50% of its 320 daily flights after the accident, said last week it doesn't intend to return to full service before the fourth quarter...
...buying votes is common the world over, so is the attempt of one politician to steal his rival's thunder. Yeltsin began his campaign by promising he would not "deviate from [his reforms] a single centimeter. A halt or any attempt to reverse them," he said ominously, "would deal a crushing blow to the country from which it might never recover." But the officials most closely associated with his reforms have been fired, and more than once Yeltsin has said he is still "for reforms, but not at any price; I am for correcting the course...
Blanchard also feared the loss of a pension that a court-martial might mean. He offered to resign if the Coast Guard would halt its probe, but on March 10, he was turned down. Three days later, Blanchard met with Vice Admiral Arthur Henn, the Coast Guard's No. 2 officer, to ask for time off. "His face was drawn and a little pale," Henn said. "He was mortified that he had caused such potential embarrassment to the Coast Guard and his family...