Word: halts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hassan-Peres meeting started to take shape months ago, after the King dropped hints that he was ready to meet with Peres to see if the Israeli leader had any new peace proposals. Movement on general Arab-Israeli talks sputtered to a halt in February, when King Hussein's attempts to launch negotiations involving Israel, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization broke down. Peres entered into tentative contacts, relying on emissaries like Moroccan-born Rafael Edri, chairman of the Labor Party faction in the Knesset...
...government should proclaim such sexual activities illegal and threaten all offenders with prison terms? More generally, does it mean that the permissiveness of the past 20 years has finally gone too far, particularly in its blatant public displays, and that the government has a moral duty to call a halt? That certainly seems to be the implication of the Supreme Court's ruling on a Georgia sodomy case two weeks ago and of the Meese commission's report on pornography last week. If so, these are very questionable judgments on a very complex problem...
...occasion for this sudden halt in activity was a two-day general strike, called last week by a vast coalition of labor and other opposition groups seeking the ouster of Dictator General Augusto Pinochet. The work stoppage appeared to be one of the most effective antigovernment actions in the 13 years since Pinochet seized power. "The strike was a complete success, even beyond what we expected," said Juan Luis Gonzalez, who heads the Assembly of Civility, the umbrella group of 250 unions, student groups and civic organizations that joined to sponsor the strike...
...them of subversion, and cracked down hard on the media. A total of 27 staff members from the opposition magazine Analisis were charged with antigovernment activities, and could face prison terms if convicted. Four independent radio stations, one of them run by the Roman Catholic Church, were ordered to halt news broadcasts during the protests. Strike organizers were especially encouraged by the participation of truckers. In 1973 a crippling work stoppage by drivers against the Marxist-oriented government of Salvador Allende Gossens helped prompt the coup that brought Pinochet to power...
Hinkle's predicament is all too familiar to veteran computer owners. From young people stuck in the mazes of their adventure games to corporate managers whose accounting operations have been brought to a temporary halt, computer users have traditionally turned to the publishers of their software for free advice. Now, as computers proliferate and programs grow more complex, more and more people are jamming manufacturers' phone lines with frantic cries for help...