Word: halting
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...parallel park, a technique Rudy had neglected to teach me until the day before. Slowly I pulled up to the car in front, slowly I turned The wheel and began backing up and slowly, ever so slowly, I backed the car into the curb, coming to a halt with a gentle, yet firm thud. My test was over...
...proven ineffective in ensuring diversity in students' social relations. Harvard first-years have no choice in the assignment of their dorms and of their roommates, but that does not stop many minority students from seeking to live in the Quad in their sophomore year--nor does it halt the less noticeable ties that lead many other students to seek out those with whom they share a common background...
...Washington on March 10, he found his $1 billion contract with Iran under attack from all sides. Not only was Christopher loudly opposing the deal, but Alfonse D'Amato, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, was using it to escalate his two-month-old crusade for a virtual halt to all American commerce with Iran. While U.S. oil firms have long been barred from buying Iranian crude oil, their foreign subsidiaries are free to purchase it and sell it abroad...
...legal; it is also complicated in its consequences. What the episode perhaps shows is that in order to halt a deal, all parties must first have their cards on the table...
...commission recommended that the buildings be protected under Chapter 2.78 of the city code which protects buildings which are deemed "significant." This designation would permanently halt the hotel's plans...