Word: halts
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...Yale’s bread and butter all season was McLeod, whose slowed production the last four games—partly due to a broken right big toe—ground to a near halt on Saturday. His 18-game touchdown scoring streak was snapped in the loss, and the Crimson remains the only Ivy League team against which he has never reached 100 yards...
...closest allies earlier this month. First, Nicolas Sarkozy, the new President of France - someone who, at times, has sounded more hawkish on Iran than Bush - and then German Chancellor Angela Merkel repeated that economic sanctions were a crucial part of diplomatic efforts to get Tehran to halt its development of facilities capable of producing weapons-grade uranium. But if ever there was a case where the devil is in the details, it's in the practical application of sanctions as a coercive instrument against Iran. The U.S. and the Europeans have so far been successful in getting two rounds...
...like the end of the world at the edge of the earth. It was 2002, and Argentina was in economic free fall. The peso lost 75% of its value against the U.S. dollar, and the nation had defaulted on almost $100 billion of debt. Bank deposits were frozen to halt panicked runs, and an enraged middle class took to the streets. The country went through five Presidents in just two weeks. Wall Street feared that the crisis, one of the worst in South America's history, would spread next door to giant Brazil--where the lite predicted financial ruin...
Take Charles Dickens, slice off his creativity, simmer down his imagination, and you get “August Rush.” An urban fantasy that begins with a promising nod to “Oliver Twist,” the film sputters to a halt with a script as unbearable as Ebenezer Scrooge. Director Kirsten Sheridan poorly attempts to mix realism and fable, and brings to the screen a sappy story that relies too heavily on the viewer to piece everything together. “August Rush” brings together two charming romantics for a one night stand?...
...grace,” raps Jay, pulling the listener down from the highs the album’s middle tracks reach. Like a spike to the vein, “American Gangster” lulls the listener with its sultry samples, hits a peak, then comes to a shuddering halt. Along the way, Jay-Z taunts, jokes, recollects, and even spits some thought-provoking shit. Most importantly, however, Jay proves that you still can’t knock the hustle. —Reviewer Joshua J. Kearney can be reached at kearney@fas.harvard.edu...