Word: haltingly
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...leader Trent Lott is expected to spearhead the Republican agenda in the next Congress. Since November, Lott and Clinton have several times discussed their common desire not to allow the investigations of either Gingrich or the White House to bring the substantive work of the next Congress to a halt. The big question is whether either man can control his own partisans in the House, like Democratic whip David Bonior or Republican Dan Burton, chairman of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee, which will look into just about everything labeled Bill and Hillary. If Democrats insist on a full...
...Brattle during that time “showed everything that wasn’t mainstream Hollywood,” she said. “It was a breath of fresh air.” Those who frequent the theater today say they would be disappointed to see it halt its art-house reels. “It would be terrible for the Brattle to close,” said 40-year Cambridge resident Kathleen Weiler. “Everyone who has been here a long time will...
...downed the Crimson (5-6, 1-2) 2-1 on Sunday afternoon as Harvard found itself on the wrong side of another close contest. Five of the team’s six losses this year have come by one-goal margins. The game also brought a halt to another streak the Crimson would have liked to continue. In the recent series between the two schools, Harvard had simply dominated. The Crimson had taken the previous five meetings by a combined score of 19-1. Cornell had failed to score a goal against Harvard since the 2000 meeting between...
...Palestinians, the elation that accompanied Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip has been replaced by fear that a bloody struggle will erupt between Abbas' security services and the myriad armed groups proliferating in the Palestinian territories. Abbas has had limited success in persuading the Islamist group Hamas to halt rocket attacks against Israel. But his more troublesome quandary is how to deal with militia leaders like Abu Samhadana, who nominally belong to Abbas' Fatah party but operate outside anyone's control. U.S. officials estimate that there are 3,000 Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank who consider themselves...
When two evenly matched squads, such as No. 11 Lehigh and the No. 15 Crimson, square off, the result can hinge on little more than a team’s ability to halt its opponents’ drives and sustain its own on third down. The team that wins the third-down battle usually wins the game...