Word: haltingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...December, when wintry winds whistle up the gorge at Harpers Ferry and the temperature nears zero, the bush-league horse-racing circuit shivers to a halt at Charles Town, W. Va. It is the end of the line for gyp (short for gypsy) horsemen and their broken-down nags. Hibernating in the stalls there, the gyps nail up blankets and newspapers to keep out the cold. The swank comforts of Hialeah and Santa Anita are not for them. But this year, for the first time, the gyps went south for the winter. A race track, refurbished lor them, opened...
Viewed strictly in terms of self-interest, the President's proposal is both legal and logical. The British, for more than one hundred years, have been actively engaged in halting the expansion of Russia, whether czarist or communist, in the direction of the Dardanelles. Since shortly after the end of World War II, British troops have been stationed in Greece, ostensibly to "see that democracy is reestablished." If her historic policy in the Mediterranean is insufficient proof, then her tacit approval of the present corrupt reactionary Tsoldaris government demonstrates that the first intention of the British government is to halt...
Crackling machine guns, mounted-police charges and streams of icy water from fire hoses failed to halt the mob. Forty were injured...
Although a week from Friday will find the first floor of Straus Hall no longer a clearing-house for apartment seekers, the valuable activities of the University Housing Office will not slide suddenly to a halt. After that date Hunneman and Company, a local real estate firm, will handle the renting of apartments to incoming student, and an office in the Phillips Brooks House will take care of negotiations for the temporary quarters that may be lying unoccupied around the Square...
There was nothing easy about his route. He and his drivers fought off both Indians and rustlers. Sometimes floods held up the mule drove for months. Sometimes mules went lame crossing the rocky outcroppings in northeastern Bolivia. When that happened, the troop would halt while the animals were roped, thrown, and treated to hoof repairs. In the autumn of 1946, they were still in Trinidad, Bolivia, 400 miles from their goal...