Word: haltingly
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...even Hatch could halt the industry's dose of bad press, though, over ephedra. The FDA received more than 800 reports of adverse effects from the Chinese weight-loss herb before it proposed limiting doses in 1997. A subsequent study tied 155 deaths to various ephedra products, but uncontrolled sales weren't banned until 2004. Utah company Neutraceutical Corp. is still arguing that lower doses are safe, but in August the firm was overruled by an appeals court...
After one half of play it looked like the Harvard men’s soccer team was about to live a repeat of last’s year game against Vermont, when it lost to the Catamounts, 1-0. After a halt-time pep talk though, Harvard (5-2-0, 0-0-0 Ivy) returned to the field with renewed energy and defeated Vermont (3-4-2) 2-1 in overtime.“I am proud of the team because in years past we might have lost this game or tied this game,” said head coach...
...have the U.N. delegates forgotten that the same hopeful new Middle East of which President Bush spoke was the reason offered by his Administration for refusing, for weeks, to call a halt to the Israeli military actions against Hizballah in Lebanon which destroyed much of Lebanon's infrastructure. The military campaign was necessary, U.S. officials said, to help rid Lebanon of Hizballah's independent armed capability - even though the elected, moderate government of Lebanon, on which Bush heaped praise during his U.N. speech, was among those pleading with the U.S. call an immediate cease-fire...
...local industry to consolidate so that Chinese firms would be large enough to compete with global giants. And in late August, the Ministry of Commerce issued new rules on mergers and acquisitions, including a number of vague provisions that appear to give the ministry wide powers to review and halt mergers. Bob Poole, who heads the Beijing office for the U.S.-China Business Council, says there are good aspects to the changes?for example, they spell out previously unclear procedures for foreign purchases of Chinese companies. But he says some parts of the regulations are "not clear and might...
...would probably send oil prices soaring above $100 per bbl.--which may explain why the Navy wants to be sure its small fleet of minesweepers is ready to go into action at a moment's notice. It is unlikely that Iran would turn off its own oil spigot or halt its exports through pipelines overland, but it could direct its proxies in Iraq and Saudi Arabia to attack pipelines, wells and shipment points inside those countries, further choking supply and driving up prices...