Word: halts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...though its initial alarmist handling of the crisis had set off a hysterical rush for Arab "solidarity" with Syria, might yet emerge ahead. It had failed to halt Syria's sag toward Russia. But the Arabs had been plainly scared by the behavior of the nation they had invited into the Middle East. "Positive neutrality" did not look so attractive. Syria had provided a humiliating demonstration of the penalties of flirting with Russia. Distaste for Russia's performance made Arabs more sympathetic...
This seemed to be a perfectly logical explanation and as the Princetonian was happy to accept this, the miniature crisis seemed to have come to a halt. But the teacup had not stopped boiling, it had just slowed to a simmer for a day. On Wednesday, the President of the Lampoon gave his answer to Princeton in particularly blunt terms...
...compete, thus limiting inflationary tendencies. Increased real income, not decreased monetary income should be the goal. Special loan funds or accelerated amortization might be used to expand production by facilitating capital development in sectors of future importance to the economy. More basically, the government should consider actions necessary to halt "cost-push" inflation by a re-examination of our labor and anti-trust policies, so that competition can be restored to markets in which industry-wide wage increases are granted because price increases can follow at the employers' will. The Administration must reconsider its reliance on tight money...
...third day, as two men died in more fighting and a strike 'brought business to a halt, the army stepped in. First it asked the government to set aside the election. Then, after a nine-hour meeting of 240 top officers, it named a three-colonel junta to take over. The junta quickly promised new elections at the first opportunity...
...French army jeep squealed to a halt as a sullen young Arab planted himself in the middle of the casbah street and refused to budge. A French private named Geronimo leaped from the jeep, and unlimbering his Tommy gun, faced the Moslem troublemaker. From the sidelines an old Arab shuffled forward and tried to soothe his compatriot: "Go home. Come on, don't be mulish.'' Before the old Arab had finished his plea, Private Geronimo's Tommy gun stuttered in reply, and the old man "collapsed softly, muttering to himself unintelligibly while his blood flowed down...