Word: stall
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Duehay says he has drafted legislation which he hopes will stall the bank's plans to tear down what he calls a historic site...
...Mururoa's buildings with Greenpeace stickers and graffiti, slip notes to some of the press people invited by the French to witness the explosions, write a few postcards of Mururoa and drop them into the PX mail slot, get the French to search for them, and perhaps stall the first test. The stunt is planned as a classic Greenpeace "action," a dead-serious, nonviolent prank executed at considerable peril...
Reflecting the changes in the kitchen stall, the menu has more than 30 new items...
President Clinton today demanded immediate congressional action on his anti-terrorism package, despite GOP warnings that a controversial FBI promotion could stall it. "It needs to pass and pass now," Clinton said. "Nothing can justify turning this bill into a political football." He was referring to a suggestion made Sunday by House Speaker Newt Gingrich that Attorney General Janet Reno's nomination of Larry Potts as FBI deputy director "will further slow down the terrorist legislation and will mean even greater concern over civil liberties, which I don't think is inappropriate." Potts oversaw the 1993 siege at theBranch Davidian...
...free throws by Cambridge's Swayne Blackmon left the score at 74-72, when South Boston went into a stall, holding the ball for nearly one minute. The teams then quickly traded baskets before Rindge and Latin fouled Mack with 12 seconds remaining, sending him to the free throw line...