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...electronic intercepts, which is used to apply pressure on importing and exporting nations. In some instances Washington quietly asks a friendly capital to stop certain exports because they are being diverted to a weapons program. In other cases the U.S. and its allies sometimes use covert action to halt the shipments...
...syndrome" -- the woman for whom the drug was prescribed might pass it on to a cousin or friend, who has not had a gynecological exam. In rare cases, that woman may be having undetected problems, such as a tubal pregnancy, a potentially lethal complication that the pills would not halt...
...most dramatic headlines came in late April from Columbia University, where 200 students seized five major buildings, occupied and vandalized the office of Columbia President Grayson Kirk, held the college dean captive for 24 hours, and brought classes to a halt for six days...
Edward B. Childs, a co-chief shop steward for the labor union who works at the Adams House dining hall, said the decision not to pursue arbitration would not bring to a halt the efforts of Hicks' co-workers to win his job back...
...from clear that the truce would hold. Many such accords have broken down over the past year, and the Serbs have not honored their April 18 agreement to halt the siege of Srebrenica. The Bosnian government is also mixing its signals. It formally asked the 9,000 U.N. troops in the country to leave because their governments are using their presence as an excuse for not lifting the arms embargo...