Word: haltingly
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Late last Wednesday night, Justin Harris’ bass guitar slipped out of his hands, bringing Menomena’s set at T.T. the Bear’s Place to an inglorious and momentary halt...
...rough brown blanket on his metal bunk. "You can't crush an entire people. We need to give peace talks a chance." That means giving Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas enough time to secure the release of prisoners like Mardawi. Palestinian militants agreed to Abbas' request for a halt to attacks, mainly because they believe he'll use a period of calm to push for the release of some of the 9,000 prisoners doing time in Israeli jails - even those like Mardawi, whom Israel classifies as having "blood on their hands," meaning those who killed Israelis or took part...
...meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), asks Faculty to vote “to register dissent from a series of pronouncements by Mr. Summers that minimize the social causes of social inequality and, at times, appear to censor dissenting views on campus; and...to demand a halt to any expansion of presidential prerogatives that will facilitate the application of these pronouncements to the governance of the University...
...members are frustrated with the way Summers is running the University, but that is all the more reason to stay. If every professor who is upset with Summers were to leave, what kind of Harvard would we be left with? Without different viewpoints, change that is sorely needed would halt. We need a diversity of voices at the College, especially at this critical point in time. If over 500 faculty members care enough about Harvard to show up to last Tuesday’s Faculty meeting, then none of them should turn their backs on Harvard until the changes they...
Despite intense criticism of the charges by Pantano's supporters, the case has steadily worked its way up the chain of command--suggesting either its merit or the unwillingness of Marine commanders to halt such a sensitive inquiry. "It is sad but true that the military leadership is likely to let a case go to trial even if the facts do not merit it because they want to cover their asses," says Gittins. But the Marine Corps stands by its decision to prosecute while, as in most cases in the military-justice system, it won't comment on the charges...