Word: haltingly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Environmentalists and governments everywhere agree that something must be done to halt the widespread use of chloro-fluorocarbons (CFCs) and other substances that are destroying the earth's protective ozone layer -- and just about everybody agrees that nobody is doing enough. Last week the Southern California city of Irvine (pop. 110,000) did more than most...
NATION: A sweeping study finds that black progress toward equality has come to a halt...
...government blames every adversity on the eight-year war against the contras, which ground to a halt when the U.S. Congress cut off military aid in 1988. The conflict did exact a terrible price. Some 23,000 persons were killed and twice that many injured, many of them civilians. The bill for destruction of property hovers around $12 billion. Then in 1988 Hurricane Joan compounded the pain, causing more than $800 million in damage. On top of that, the U.S. trade embargo initiated in 1985 has paralyzed the economy...
...judge had granted Paramount's motion, which was joined by several major Time shareholders, Paramount could have pressed ahead with its hostile bid to acquire Time for $12 billion. But after 5 1/2 hours of hearings last week, Allen denied Paramount's request for an injunction to halt the Time-Warner deal...
Similar concerns have arisen in other nations as well. To calm public protest, a Canadian utility proposed buying all the homes along a 90-mile power line that is under construction. But residents became so upset that the government ordered a halt to work on a segment of the line. Fears were further heightened last month when The New Yorker magazine published a series on "The Hazards of Electromagnetic Fields." Author Paul Brodeur charged utility companies and public health officials with trying to gloss over the threat to health posed by power lines and computer terminals...