Word: halts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Slashing all private and semiprivate credit in half, and freezing of public spending at the present level of about $1 billion annually to halt inflation...
Much the same third that favor basic socialization also support "immediate unilateral suspension of atomic tests" by the United States (hence the little green stickers on Vespa fenders: Halt Bomb Tests), and "reduction of current unemployment by government action, even at the price of aggravating inflation...
...Responsible." Alarmed by press accounts of shocking conditions in the regrouped centers, De Gaulle's delegate general in Algeria, Paul Delouvrier, has ordered a halt to further regrouping. Complains one French officer: "For years these people have been dying like flies. But nobody bothered to go have a look. Now that we have brought them down from the hills, we are responsible...
...quickly squelched the rumors that a merger of Kirkland and Moors may be in the offing. "Nothing seems to be moving ahead on it," he said. "The first two House-dorm affiliations came quickly; then the wheels ground to a halt. Dunster and Lowell have said 'Never...
...gland, which stimulates growth. Overproduction in childhood makes a giant. In the adult it can cause acromegaly (a localized form of gigantism, with enlargement of the jaw and extremities), can also aggravate diabetes and may speed the spread of cancer originating in the breast. Hitherto, the only way to halt the effects of growth hormone was to destroy the pituitary by radiation or surgery (TIME, May 16, 1955). But Drs. Martin Sonenberg and William Money described a new gimmick that has worked in animals: they treat growth hormone (from cattle) with acetic anhydride, inject the resulting acetylated compound into rats...