Word: haltingly
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...initial reaction to the statement that I don’t have TV at home inevitably brings the conversation to an abrupt halt, combined with a dropped jaw or two. People often act offended, as if it’s personally injurious to them that this freak had to ruin the seemingly innocuous prime time-themed discussion. Then come the questions, demands that I explain myself. My reason for not having TV is not straightforward; it can’t be chalked up to religion or a hermetic lifestyle. Finally, my companions’ dissatisfaction with my explanation produces...
There was a sense of deja vu surrounding the announcement by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last week that it had called a halt to a major study of the health effects of long-term estrogen use. Didn't we already know that hormone-replacement therapy, when administered for more than a couple of years, was a bad idea...
...week until the state attorney general ordered the county clerk to stop. In tiny New Paltz, N.Y., Jason West, the Green Party mayor, presided over the weddings of two dozen gay couples. George Pataki, the state's Republican Governor, quickly asked Eliot Spitzer, the Democratic state attorney general, to halt them. Spitzer refused. Meanwhile, Daniel Stewart, the mayor of not-so-big Plattsburgh, N.Y., says he supports the idea of gay marriage too. That might be expected, since he's gay. Then again, he's also a Republican...
...proposed amendments to require a balanced budget, permit prayer in public schools and ban flag burning have never made it out of Congress. The Equal Rights Amendment, which was meant to invalidate state and federal laws that discriminate against women, did emerge from Washington, only to grind to a halt in state legislatures in a process that took 10 years...
...word equality is being misused to rob all the sacred things of their uniqueness," said Randy Thomasson, founder of the Campaign for California Families. "What's next? Legalized heroin? Prostitution? Polygamy? Incest?" Thomasson's was one of two groups that asked for a temporary restraining order to halt the marriage spree. On Friday a local judge refused the request...