Word: stallings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rapid expansion because it is straining against shortages of workers and factory capacity. Many economists fear those limitations could impose renewed inflationary pressures, forcing the Federal Reserve to tighten the money supply even more than it already has. By hitting the brakes too hard, the central bank could inadvertently stall the economy...
After flying back to Tunis to consult with his aides on the weekend before his Geneva address, Arafat finally rejected advice from some Palestinians that he give up on the U.S. until Shultz was gone. That, Arafat decided, would stall the promising P.L.O. peace drive too long and ruin his impending hour on TV screens around the world. He accepted the wording worked out at the secret Stockholm meeting and incorporated some changes from the State Department's proposed language. Arafat informed the Swedes, who told Washington, that he would deliver the critical words...
...Monday's 79-54 loss to the Harvard men's basketball team, Brandeis, a Division II team, tried to stop time. The Judges employed a game-long stall against the Crimson...
Yale went into the locker room leading, 19-17. Neither squad moved the ball well in the third quarter. It seemed that Harvard had finally begun to stall Yale's one-dimensional squad...
Less than a mile away at Likud headquarters, the party faithful watched the vote count click toward 40 and then stall. The party of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was not even close to the 61 needed to form a majority government in the 120-seat Knesset. Once again a divided electorate had voted Israel into political stalemate. Likud leaders began feverishly calculating potential coalitions. Declared a Likud activist: "My God, the rabbis have...