Word: halts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...second halt was almost totally one-sided. While the Engineers were buoyed by the knowledge that they, at least, could move the ball, the Crimson often seemed to be going through the motions, waiting for a bad afternoon...
...only final solution to the crises facing the Middle East today, Crum continued, is a peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors. Such a peace would stabilize the area, halt the spread of Communism, and end the "state of feudalism" which exists in many Arab nations...
...spokesman: "The Russians don't like foreigners swarming around their country. We don't think they should be allowed to have a veto over inspection, but we think some arrangement can be made so there is no swarming in of foreigners." Even in its unilateral decision to halt atom tests for a year beginning last October, the U.S. has leaned far-perilously far, think military experts-from its earlier, long-held position...
...waters of the lagoon, Venetians and their businesses have been migrating to the booming towns of Mestre and Porto Marghera on the mainland near by, while the population of Venice itself has dwindled to about the same number of citizens (170,000) as it held in 1500. To halt their city's decline, Venetian "progressives" propose to build a "little Manhattan" on an artificial island at the western end of Venice, well away from the famed Grand Canal. Among radical changes proposed: i) some buildings would be small skyscrapers; 2) streets would be open to automobiles. The planners...
...though he controlled only 400,000 shares; later Chesler backed off and sold for a higher price to United Artists. To end a court fight, United Artists later paid $2,000,000 to N.T.A. The deal hurt Chesler's reputation on Wall Street-but it did not halt his empire building...