Word: stopped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West could get along without Iraqi oil, Iraq could scarcely get along without Western markets for its oil unless Russia were prepared to buy it-and Russia has no real use for it. Yet should Moscow, because of these political and economic difficulties, order the Iraqi Communists to stop short of an all-out takeover, there is danger that the volatile Iraqi mob, which loves nothing so much as a winner, would begin to turn away from its Red heroes just as it has turned away from Nasser...
...though this may seem too personal a view on a subject affording little general agreement, I do wish that Stone could stop the horror show long enough to develop some sympathy or understanding for his subject. Good guys are not necessary. A few comprehensible bastards would suffice...
...form of taxation most palatable politically. Most state and local taxes are thus make-shift, time-serving devices, and as the need for expenditures grows greater, many cities and states are paying the price in financial crises like those in New York City and Michigan. Until the politicians stop trying to please everyone at once and instead institute broad tax reforms and increases (as Rockefeller has started to do in New York State), the financial situations of state and municipal governments are likely to remain precarious...
...Fire!" has always been an irrestable invitation for students to stop whatever they are doing and gather at the scene. Throughout its history the University has had its share of misfortune due to fires, which concern University Hall not only because of the losses incurred but because of students' antics during the blazes...
...approved by the state, the sign would stop cars travelling north on Plympton St., between the Lampoon Building and the Gold Coast Valeteria. The DPW must approve all local traffic control measures...