I chose the more sophisticated outfit, but almost immediately an acrimonious dispute halted work. |
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To say that these figures indicate that the upward spiral of crime has halted is incorrect. |
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Nothing ever halted his rickshaw, he declared with pride, whether colonialism, occupation, dictatorship or democracy. |
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As a result of the crackdown, Japan and other major nations halted aid to the country. |
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We crossed it and halted on its north bank in a meadow with good pasturage and a fair-sized grove of cottonwoods. |
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The group halted their horses at the gate as a flock of sheep went ambling past. |
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As my taxi halted at a red light in the darkened, deserted city centre one night, I feared my own story was about to veer towards pessimistic. |
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Finally, on a high ridge overlooking the town of Empire, the cowpokes halted. |
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The troops halted as Macdonald, Younghusband and Captain O'Connor, political assistant and interpreter, went forward to parley with the Tibetans. |
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Campaigners at the school are still pushing for the decision to be halted until more information can be given to the members. |
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A boy with shaggy auburn hair halted in his steps and looked around, perturbed. |
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Aeslyn huffed in annoyance, but halted to let Adelaide catch up, nevertheless. |
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Traffic was halted in business hubs in the central, southern and northern parts of the city. |
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Once the police convoy arrived at the Canal Bridge, it halted, and the men in the leading cars debussed. |
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If endosperm cell division is halted at an early stage, kernels abort and fail to set seed. |
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He halted suddenly, making an abrupt left down a narrow alley Nara didn't like the looks of. |
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Bectu said last week that performances would be halted if the technicians, electricians, stagehands, costume and wardrobe staff strike. |
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Once at the door, the memories halted and the silence accosted her with a tone of accusation. |
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It may be so, if the industry takes advantage of the data being offered and if attempts to artificially stunt supply are halted. |
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Due to the bad weather, torrential rain and wind, the game was halted after the first half. |
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Jorgensen, looking to keep up that incredible run, made an early dart to the edge of the Norwich box where he was halted by Darren Kenton. |
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Trains running along the busy railway line were halted during the afternoon and evening. |
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Megan immediately halted and leaned on the pole tip for support, gulping in air after the sudden scare. |
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Bulk alloy prices have halted their free fall and are showing some signs of recovery, although few people expect a major rally. |
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Reverting to the older kind of level crossing where the signals would be set to danger until the road is halted and safely closed off. |
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After the position was organized, he led an assault approximately 15 yards from the final objective, when enemy fire halted the advance. |
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Returning I crossed the top of the mountain and halted awhile to admire the glorious sunset afterglow. |
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However, work is being halted following failure to keep to the deadlines for completing construction. |
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However, the collective whoopee was abruptly halted when the small print was made known. |
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The Keighley side lost a wicket without a run on the board then progressed to 15-1 when play halted. |
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Protest was the work of agitators, they argued, and it could be halted by removing the leadership. |
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For example, a runlevel of 0 corresponds to a halted system while a runlevel of 6 corresponds to a system reboot. |
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He cut inside but was halted by a copybook tackle from Elland full back Neil Walton. |
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The girl halted in surprise and wondered as the white-haired new comer approached her timidly. |
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The deportation of an asylum seeker who sought refuge in Bolton has been halted following the intervention of MP David Crausby. |
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If the referendum delivers a no vote on regional assemblies, then all talk of scrapping councils and mergers would be halted. |
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The sale was abruptly halted, the value of the painting plummeted and the they decided to sue. |
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He began his march to the exit anew but halted once more, turning his head back to face her again. |
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The referee halted the fight in the final round after a storm of blows followed a standing eight count early in the early seconds of the round. |
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Deforestation, injury to and loss of agricultural land, the loss of terrestrial and marine plant and animal species must be halted. |
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According to media reports, the company, in retribution, then halted the payment of the workers' May salaries. |
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The referee overruled the linesman and disallowed the goal leading to protests which halted the game for several minutes. |
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The Great Depression, combined with two Supreme Court appointees by Progressive Republican Hoover, halted the libertarian trend. |
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The State Council has told local governments to deal with the aftermath of the halted and suspended projects. |
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With the Iraqi blocking force destroyed and the Iraqi military in full flight, the war was halted at 8 a.m. local time on 28 February. |
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Last June, DBC's plant closed down, work halted on the second phase of the development and all the employees were sacked. |
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Letting her bike swerve, she halted a few inches from the track railing and stayed on his tail. |
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He reached out to take her hand, but halted, his attention turning elsewhere. |
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I halted abruptly in front of the horridly painted blue house, threw Jackson my.22 and grabbed my magnum, loading the revolver with six shots. |
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An attempt to jump a dumper truck over two parked cars has been halted for health and safety reasons. |
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With all resources and manpower being directed to the war effort, work was halted until after the war. |
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Financially troubled banks and a sclerotic political system have halted its growth. |
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Clement halted his army and signaled for his scout to ride ahead of the army to scout for enemies ahead. |
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These barriers halted the early flood of Anglo-Saxon invaders to fertile meadowlands and ancient woodlands. |
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The group halted, thunderstruck, in the doorway, all five mouths hanging open in horror. |
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I halted in front of the sentry box, turned to the front and stood at ease. |
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That was why the Janitor who pursued them earlier had halted so suddenly in his tracks. |
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Already bespattered with mud from head to foot, the Prince halted just long enough to thank the farmer, and then resumed the chase. |
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I trailed a hand along the brick of the wall as I turned a sharp corner and ran right into Sadie, who had halted abruptly. |
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Others helped have been animal hauliers and relief milkers, whose livelihood has been halted by the outbreak. |
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These fluctuations are to be halted by taking measures to fix the exchange rate as near to mint par as possible. |
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They then turned back but halted their descent and bivouacked at about 7,000 meters after Kuribara became weak, it said. |
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Our regiment then retreated, about fifty paces, I think, and there we halted just behind the brow of a hill. |
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The late hour at which we halted last night had prevented us from noticing this larger chain of ponds. |
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As water gushes down, its speed should be checked, slowly halted and made to glide and then its absorption should be facilitated. |
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Rachel and Annette both halted and turned, Rachel giving a blink of surprise at the tall and handsome man approaching. |
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For the first time ever, the carefree singleton is halted in their tracks and becomes yet another addition to the truly miserable list. |
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The bouncer let the political thriller in without a second glance whilst other patrons were halted at the door and interrogated. |
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Regueiro embarks on a lung-bursting run down the left, but his progress is halted by a nasty body-check. |
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He said that slower rate of growth and rapid increase of population has multiplied the woes of Northeast and halted its economic development. |
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Because of the strike, KPC temporarily halted production, as most of the striking employees were from that division. |
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The general prepared to say something to them but halted, seeing the two myrmidons' faces. |
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Workers at a toll metal processor and slitter have halted work after the company failed to meet its payroll for the fourth time in a year. |
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Fans inside the Arena had started pelting each other with plastic beer glasses and bottles, and the concert was temporarily halted. |
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Her lazy swimming halted, and her feet found the rough surface of the bottom of the pool. |
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An ubiquitous yellow cab halted briefly, on request, in one of the several boulevards lining this meticulously planned capital. |
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This trend should now be halted so that Zambia rightfully reaps the benefits of her natural resources. |
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Patients were terribly emaciated and gave off a nauseating odour which almost halted me at the first door. |
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That arrogant, lazy smile swept across his stupid snobbish face as he halted, blocking my path. |
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Furious winds and snowstorms halted the salvage operation on Friday, but gave way to clearing skies yesterday morning. |
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The release of the film could be halted if a plagiarism claim is upheld by a High Court judge next week. |
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Rhysa halted her big sorrel next to Myrean and her mount and looked out over the town. |
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He said the project broke ground in August of 1997 but was halted later, victim of the depressed financial crisis in Southeast Asia. |
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He did admit that he had felt in charge of the match before play was halted. |
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According to the report, further space travel would be halted if missions could not safely enter orbit. |
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The VIP convoy halted at some distance away from the lake bund where the residents had gathered. |
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When fuel shortages finally halted the 4th AD, the Germans marshaled reserves and planned a counteroffensive against the Third Army. |
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A non-military lorry seen moving towards the armoured column in a greener part of the city was halted in its tracks by overwhelming gunfire. |
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Conversation halted on the picket line as the strikers waited to catch a glimpse of their temporary replacements. |
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England was 80 for one when bad light finally halted a frustrating day's play with 30 overs still remaining. |
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City and intercity public transportation was halted following a strike by drivers on Thursday. |
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In November, the Indian government announced that military operations against the guerrilla groups were unilaterally halted. |
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When he halted he appeared unsteady on his feet and staggered away from his car. |
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The whispered conversation had halted momentarily upon his abrupt arrival, but began again. |
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Then his fluent stride was halted when he broke the cannon bone in his right foreleg. |
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The sheep halted, and at the whistle the dog proceeded with short flanking runs which headed them into the gap. |
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He was the worst offender in the overconfidence that swept Portuguese ranks and halted their early momentum. |
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Beulah Park halted its nine-race card after the fifth race due to slippery track conditions. |
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A frail, headscarved old lady halted the marchers and passed out home-baked cakes. |
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The Indian again came in sight, and, in full career, rushed towards him, passed him, and wheeling halted his horse. |
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Johnson, with her one-track mind for track, soon was forced to do less training when injuries halted her progress. |
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Again, the advance was halted because of the appalling conditions on the ground. |
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Opponents have halted plans for voters in York's next local elections to place their crosses by post. |
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A goal by Ruud van Nistelrooy halted a rout at the Bernabeu. |
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The magnitude of concern has reached the point where the state's environmental agency and a state assemblyman want the work halted until all the questions can be answered. |
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The thick rock walls act as a natural filter, so as the space particles travel downwards, the cosmic rays collide with the atoms in the rock and are halted. |
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In 1948, however, democratization was halted by a military coup. |
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The 15 council members voted unanimously to allow Ariana to resume international flights, which were halted in October 1999, and to unfreeze the airline's assets. |
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The train halted again after the brake vacuum pipe was tampered with. |
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Once the vehicle's momentum had carried it towards the embankment alongside the railway tracks there would have been no way it could have been halted in time. |
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Natasha had finally halted her cheering and shot Seth a frosty glare. |
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They halted sales of the coca leaf to the burgeoning narco business. |
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Programmes of building and sculptural embellishment of major churches, for example at Exeter, Lichfield and Winchester cathedrals, were halted by the outbreak of plague. |
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Whatever halted their ungainly landing recovery, however, was a great deal softer and more pliant than the opposing wall of the tunnel would have been. |
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The stock exchange halted trading to prevent things from getting really out of control. |
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Then, before dawn on 29 May, they launched one of the biggest banzai charges of the war which overran two command posts and a medical station before being halted. |
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A Doherty break of 26 was then halted by a kick on the white. |
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The revival was halted when they were dealt another two-pronged setback. |
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The halted drivers are polite when the officials pat them down, search their cars, examine their papers, and apologetically send them on their way. |
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The licence of a thirteenth merchant bank was suspended and its ownership transferred while the business of three other merchant banks has been halted. |
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Making their way from Knockholt, they went over ploughed fields and passed by the estate of Lullingstone the famous beauty spot of Eynsford, where they halted for lunch. |
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Once, in 2013, Kyrgyzstan halted water for its reservoirs, and at least 11 regions of Uzbekistan suffered shortages. |
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Leading the Shenandoah reinforcements from the railhead at Manassas Junction, Jackson formed on the reverse slope of Henry House Hill and halted the rout. |
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Cougars had lost the cutting edge which took them to seven successive victories before being halted in their tracks by Sheffield Eagles the previous week. |
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The men halted and whipped around to see a sepulchral ghost approach them. |
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Only days earlier, some Soldiers here were undoubtedly surprised after they were halted at a TCP and instead of an MP, the sergeant major approached them. |
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The sudden crack of canvas snapping in the wind halted his endeavours. |
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This will include driving at a maximum speed of 30 kilometres an hour and dropping off and picking up passengers only after buses have halted exactly at their stops. |
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All the order's senior officers, including the Grand Master, were killed in a crushing defeat that halted the order's eastward advance permanently. |
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Under these conditions, the red flag was waved and the race was halted. |
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Talks over the scheme have been halted by legal wrangles, but drivers say that they will push for the systems to be in place within the next three to six months. |
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The enemy had returned to the bunker by means of connecting trenches from other emplacements and the platoon was again halted by devastating fire. |
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Breath coming in short pants, he halted at the base of the tower. |
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When the train halted in Kharagpur, I happened to see posters for a match later that evening between an Army team led by Dhyan Chand, and an Anglo-Indian team from Kharagpur. |
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The sun beat down as the procession halted behind the parking lot for pep Boys, a repair garage. |
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Traffic was halted and the residents of the normally busy Fenlands market town became almost invisible as the jury coach drove into town, surrounded by police outriders. |
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She was halted with a sensation somewhat akin to being slammed into a brick wall, her sword dropping from her nerveless fingers as the impact struck her. |
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The Prince halted and held up his arm in a signal for the others to stop. |
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But American exceptionalism has merely delayed secularization, not halted it. |
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The agreement, which halted hostilities along the demarcation line between two Koreas until a peaceful settlement is achieved, bans naval blockades by the warring parties. |
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With mass immigration halted, the nativist panic of the early 20th Century eased. |
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He drew a parallel between the US city devastated by Hurricane Katrina and the island states which scientists believe are under threat unless the process is halted. |
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I pushed my way inside the crowd moving on the dance floor and halted two or three people in, blowing my cheeks out and dragging my hands back through my hair. |
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Although they found the unclimbed 6,618 metre mountain, which is also known as Mount Edgar, their ascent was halted by heavy snow, avalanches and dehydration. |
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Last month council officials halted the water supply to the pump room after discovering that leaks in the old borehole meant that visitors were mainly drinking rainwater. |
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But work was halted after a public outcry, and in what would be a major U-turn by the authority, members are expected to give the go-ahead for the berms to be ripped up. |
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Treading down the hallway from the bedroom, anxious to see what food might be available to me, I halted as a thudding came from the entry door to the apartment. |
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David Duke then dribbled into the box, but was halted by a timely block from Loran. |
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Abreast of the first soldier, he too took in the round collar and halted gapemouthed. |
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The car went a short distance, then halted. There was something wrong with the carburetor. |
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The main body of the brigade followed the advanced party, and having ascended the heighths, halted there during the night. |
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The Irish government halted export of corn and kept the army in quarters but did little more. |
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Plautius halted and sent word for the emperor to join him, and Claudius led the final advance to Camulodunum. |
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Soon after leaving Rome, the missionaries halted, daunted by the nature of the task before them. |
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The building of the cathedrals of Ely and Exeter was temporarily halted in the years immediately following the first outbreak of the plague. |
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The Renaissance obsession with classical purity halted its further evolution and saw Latin revert to its classical form. |
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Except for Ceylon and Trinidad, these gains were returned following the Peace of Amiens in 1802, which briefly halted the fighting. |
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After 1636, however, Olivares halted the advance, fearful of provoking another crown bankruptcy. |
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The accident caused all training to be halted on 25 June, and all flights halted on 3 July. |
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It became a cathedral in 1932, and was enlarged, although construction was halted during the Second World War. |
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He reined Wrangle to a walk, halted now and then to listen, and then proceeded cautiously with shifting and alert gaze. |
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This process was largely halted by a popular campaign which drew strength from the publication of Adam Fergusson's The Sack of Bath. |
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This was halted, but only with significant job cuts and closure of some facilities. |
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Headgear is not permitted in professional bouts, and boxers are generally allowed to take much more damage before a fight is halted. |
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His charge was halted by Max Verstappen, who took his maiden win in Spain in his debut race for Red Bull. |
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This encouraged Baldwin III of Jerusalem to plan an invasion that was only halted by the payment by Egypt of a tribute of 160,000 gold dinars. |
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This was halted by an unprecedented financial crisis that began in 2008, in conjunction with the concurrent global economic crash. |
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In March 2014, the OECD halted membership talks with Russia in response to its role in the 2014 Crimean crisis. |
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Accordingly, they asked to have construction halted, to which Germany and the Ottoman Empire acquiesced. |
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The Germans took Fort Douaumont and then reinforcements halted the German advance by 28 February. |
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A division advanced to Donbaik, only a few miles from the end of the peninsula but was halted by a small but well entrenched Japanese force. |
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Strong Japanese reinforcements then counterattacked and halted the Chinese advance. |
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Any effort to extend it was halted by the growing cost of the Korean War and rearmament. |
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IndyMac announced the closure of both its retail lending and wholesale divisions, halted new loan submissions, and cut 3,800 jobs. |
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The Turkish advance halted when it reached the edge of the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area to avoid military conflict with the United Kingdom. |
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By April 1854, the Russians had reached the lines of Trajan's Wall where they were finally halted. |
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They halted a column of 60 JNA tanks but were dispersed by force the following day. |
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On 23 April, a submarine alert was sounded and operations were halted, with Tidespring being withdrawn to deeper water to avoid interception. |
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On January 18, Boeing halted 787 deliveries until the battery problem was resolved. |
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The affairs either ran out of steam or were halted after Caitlin discovered his infidelity. |
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Scottie, halted on the steps by his acrophobia, sees Madeleine plunge to her death. |
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A few attempts to film this sequence with stunt people resulted in some minor injuries, and Cameron halted the more dangerous stunts. |
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In 1896 further Italian incursion into the horn was decisively halted by Ethiopian forces. |
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The opposition won most votes in Addis Ababa, but the EPRDF halted counting of votes for several days. |
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Sailing around the west coast of Scotland he halted off the Isle of Arran, and negotiations commenced. |
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Andrews to restore control, but it was halted by superior numbers at Cupar Muir and forced to retreat. |
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This town today lies mostly incomplete as the troubles halted construction. |
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Halliday had barely begun his work when World War II halted competitive football in the United Kingdom. |
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The decline was halted with the decrease in the intensity of gamekeeping during the 20 year interval between the First and Second World Wars. |
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The work was halted because of World War I but resumed in 1926, to be completed the following year. |
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Populations in the Southern Hemisphere are listed as CITES Appendix I, indicating they are threatened with extinction if trade is not halted. |
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The fifth minelaying excursion was halted when 19 percent of the mines detonated prematurely. |
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The smacks swept and destroyed six mines before winter weather halted further work at sea. |
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Here, Philip's advance was halted by a defence led by the Earl of Leicester. |
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They wreaked havoc in Northumbria and Mercia and the rest of Anglia before being halted by Wessex. |
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A desperate counterattack in the spring of 1943 by forces of Field Marshal Erich von Manstein temporarily halted the Soviet advance. |
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The Axis advance was halted here in early July in the First Battle of El Alamein. |
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However, his plans were halted by other European matters and the supremacy of the Royal Navy. |
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Brunswick then went on the attack, driving the French southwards and capturing Cassel before the war was halted by an armistice. |
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In the 1st century BC, the Frisii halted a Roman advance and thus managed to maintain their independence. |
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The Phrygian expansion into southeast Anatolia was eventually halted by the Assyrians, who controlled that region. |
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Their development was halted by the Roman expansion in the Po Valley from the 3rd century BC onwards. |
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In the early summer of 268, the Emperor Gallienus halted their advance into Italy, but then had to deal with the Goths. |
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Although the German army had considerable early success, their attack was halted in the Battle of Moscow. |
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However, when they first reached the Chinese border they encountered people that were equipped with artillery pieces and here they halted. |
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When a revolt in Constantinople halted his dynastic project, he again invaded Thrace and conquered Adrianople. |
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Negotiations for a marriage between Manuel and Elizabeth of York in 1485 were halted by the death of Richard III of England. |
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The advance south halted after the Battle of the Maule where they met determined resistance from the Mapuche. |
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Though the Spaniards had halted the Azrtec wars and human sacrifices an unexpected problem arose. |
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Although manganese mining halted in 1978, there was an agreement in 2006 to export manganese already mined but not yet exported. |
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Further expansion of the empire was halted after defeats in the invasions of Japan and Vietnam. |
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In December 2009 an inquest into the death was halted for the case to be considered for criminal charges. |
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By and by, after a rugged climb, we halted on the summit of a hill which commanded a far-reaching view. |
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The others missed the water, and I rejoined them in the long sandbelt, which extended beyond where we halted. |
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Panama unified all social insurances in the 1970s and began a process of integration with the public sector that was later halted. |
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But schooling and native shrewdness had raised up in the younger men an unfaith in old usages, so judgment halted between sentence and execution. |
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Aston's attacks were finally halted when detectives found him holding 92-year-old William Doorman in a wristlock on March 31 last year. |
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Fukuda said the rain gauge set up on the line did not show a level requiring train operations to be halted. |
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And if the Kazaks couldn't stop him fairly they halted his progress any way they could. |
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Morton halted Kerrie's funeral plans for Kye days after he was charged over his death in Barrowin-Furness, Cumbria. |
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Staged at Peterborough in August, the original event was halted by the horrific crash which left Diamonds' Lewis Kerr in a coma. |
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When his platoon was halted by heavy machine-gun 're Pte Tandey crawled forward to locate the gun post and led a Lewis gun team to destroy it. |
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After the engine halted, naxals fire on the engine, killing RPF personnel on the spot. |
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Dispirito asks them to boycott Canadian snow crabs until that country's annual slaughter of hundreds of thousands of seals is permanently halted. |
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A FOOTBALLER was sent off for tackling a streaker dressed in a Borat mankini who halted a match. |
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West halted a gig in Minnesota after girls lobbed a glowstick at him during his Glow In The Dark tour. |
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It claimed catching orange roughy, roundnose grenadier, Portuguese dogfish and the leafscale gulper shark should be halted. |
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But the 87-year-old's plan to end a 3D film about how flight evolved in animals with a hang-glider sequence was halted by insurers. |
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The operators of the mule and the plumb bob rapidly communicated this unusual situation and halted work. |
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Both are now getting visits from Department of Health hit squads which will look to see how the infection can be halted. |
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His 1994 trial was halted when the judge found that a woman PC had set up a honeytrap to try and get Stagg to confess. |
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The result was that in early August the main German drive east halted, while Guderian and Hoth shored up their flanks and defended their gains. |
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The first trial resulted in a hung jury while the re-trial was halted when a senior barrister fell ill. |
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With sensory perception on a spin, I could only assimilate the magnificence of the drive through the Icefield Parkway once I halted at the Columbia Icefield. |
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Betting shop bill halted DAME Joan Ruddock's anti-betting shops private member's bill was left in the stalls on its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday. |
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The Washington Times reported out of Annapolis, Maryland, on August 21 that a home invasion was halted when the victim turned the tables on his attacker. |
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The ground search to locate Osamu Tanabe, 49, Toshio Yamamoto, 36, Daisuke Honda, 32, and their Sherpa guide Pasang Gelu Sherpa, 47, was halted Sunday after five days. |
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It was all too easy for the visitors as Khedira showed by strolling past three defenders on the edge of the box before being halted by the outrushing Hart. |
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Moreover, as the enlarging ice ball approaches a ureter or another key structure, its progress can be halted by turning off a particular cryoprobe. |
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Trading in UTA shares remains halted at the time of this press release. |
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Between 20-30,000 applications for visas went unprocessed each of the 27 days the government was halted in the mid-90s, according to the Congressional Research Service. |
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His retirement plans were halted when Frank Williams again stepped in. |
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The Mars Global Surveyor resumed aerobraking Friday to tighten its orbit around the Red Planet, a process that had been halted by a problem with a solar panel. |
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Dubai The narcotics unit of Dubai Police halted the smuggling of four tonnes of the chemical acetic hydride from one Asian country to another via Jebel Ali Port. |
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Frightened by the noises approaching them from the rear, and and apprehensive of the human silence ahead, the five roe deer were halted, their heads high in nervous alertness. |
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The terrain traversed is among the bleakest and wildest in England, and construction was halted for months at a time due to frozen ground, snowdrifts and flooding. |
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After reaching a point at which the river broadened to a point of three or four versts, Yermak halted the expedition and returned his forces to Qashliq. |
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East of Solor, on the island of Timor, Dutch advances were halted by an autonomous and powerful group of Portuguese Eurasians called the Topasses. |
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The Aztecs halted any Spanish attacks or attempts to leave the palace. |
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The Japanese sent frequent embassies to China in this period, although they halted these trips in 894 when the Tang seemed on the brink of collapse. |
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The Mongols had cut off the trade route, the Silk Road, between China and Europe which halted the spread of the Black Death from eastern Russia to Western Europe. |
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The Mongols' boats were halted, and many were damaged and sank. |
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The new Eastern Roman Emperor Marcian then halted tribute payments. |
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Gildas described how the Saxons were later slaughtered at the battle of Mons Badonicus 44 years before he wrote his history, and their conquest of Britain halted. |
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Antietam is considered a Union victory because it halted Lee's invasion of the North and provided an opportunity for Lincoln to announce his Emancipation Proclamation. |
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In 1761, the Maratha army lost the Third Battle of Panipat which halted imperial expansion and the empire was then divided into a confederacy of Maratha states. |
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Team Europe was leading all six matches when darkness halted play. |
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Faced with this level of defence, the division was halted and spent the following days reconnoitring the German positions preparing for an assault. |
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In February 1778, an expedition of militia to destroy British military supplies in settlements along the Cuyahoga River was halted due to adverse weather. |
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By 28 March, a severe sand storm slowed the Coalition advance as the 3rd Infantry Division halted its northward drive halfway between Najaf and Karbala. |
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With a bit of luck we're not only stopped a big war in the Middle East, but we're halted the march of Russia through the Middle East and on to the African continent. |
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In view of the Soviet failure to do so, the western zones halted the shipments east, ostensibly on a temporary basis, although they were never resumed. |
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After capturing the railway tunnels, XV Corps halted during the monsoon. |
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The Allies halted the drive after limited territorial gains by Germany. |
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Polling officials in the Yorkshire and Humber region also halted counting of the referendum ballots on the evening of 23 June to observe a minute of silence. |
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Many areas of the world are considered to have inherited culture from a previous sphere of influence, that while perhaps today halted, continues to share the same culture. |
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He halted in midspeech as he noticed a curious figure hurrying towards us. |
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It occurred to Chaplin that it was turning into a large project, so to placate First National, he halted production and quickly filmed A Day's Pleasure. |
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He organized the civilian rebellion and abolished or halted the Zamindari system in time he was active and gave the farmers proprietorship of their own land. |
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In October 2013, development of the alternate helmet was halted. |
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It was decided that all offensive actions were to be halted immediately as the French opted to fight a defensive war, forcing the Germans to come to them. |
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He halted European migration inland, restricting them to the coastal zone. |
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Plautius halted and sent word for Claudius to join him for the final push. |
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Into a deep goyle they plunge, and then up the far side to where a ploughman has halted his team that he may watch the sport. There the hounds come to a check suddenly. |
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The Evzones not only halted the invasion, but drove the Italians out of Greece and, by the onset of winter, occupied the southern quarter of Albania. |
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At some landmark in the jungle the beater halted, pointed to the ground as a sign that this spot would do, and put his finger on his lips to enjoin silence. |
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She halted her pacing steps as the ugly significance of Nicholas Caulfield's pending arrival washed over her. Ruin. Destitution. Doom settled like a heavy stone in her chest. |
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