Word: haltingly
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...member states of the IAEA board are debating a resolution urging Iran to halt the uranium conversion activities it re-started this week. They are divided over the wording of the resolution, particularly over any threats to enforce it, although everyone seems agreed on the need to warn Iran against continuing on its present path. If Iran keeps on converting yellowcake uranium to gas, the matter may be referred to the UN Security Council, which has the authority to order Iran to suspend its enrichment activities and impose sanctions. That decision won't come for several weeks though...
...recent years, as her clientele solidified and evangelical Christians gained prominence nationwide, she grew bolder. She had Scripture stenciled on the walls and named the adjoining café Java Garden (as in Garden of Eden). The salon plays Christian rock, displays Christian magazines and forbids cursing or gossip. Stylists halt haircuts to pray with clients. The dose of religion is paying off. She serves 1,000 clients a month, grosses $540,000 a year and moved the salon to a 4,300-sq.-ft. space in February. Haircuts and massages are competitively priced, but prayer--her most popular service--is free...
...other aid, plus security guarantees and diplomatic recognition, in return for freezing its nuclear programs. Because that proposed freeze covered only plutonium-based weapons (Pyongyang has never publicly acknowledged its secret uranium-enrichment program), North Korea's proposal amounted to international payments for a temporary?and only partial?halt. The proposal wasn't an ambitious opening bid in a denuclearization negotiation, or even an argument about "the shape of the table"?it was a boldfaced assertion that the table right in the middle of the room did not exist...
...approached the island, he went on the intercom: "Mayday! Mayday!" There was no response. He used flares but still didn't get an answer. Finally, he called the tower and said, "We're going to land!" We touched down about halfway up the runway and came to a screaming halt right at the end. Later, we ran tests on the gas tanks. We had about 35 gal. of usable fuel. And 35 gal.-as far as a B-29 is concerned-is immaterial. We were essentially...
...promoting their career anymore by pushing nuclear weapons," says Henry Sokolski, who served as a top Pentagon official on proliferation issues in George H.W. Bush's Administration. Since 2003 the Administration, with those of 10 other nations, has pursued the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), which is trying to halt the spread of nuclear weapons through more robust interdiction. U.S. officials say the PSI has curbed Iran's and North Korea's nuclear efforts and helped persuade Libya to give up its quest for weapons of mass destruction...