Word: haltingly
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...Greenspan may even cut by a quarter point, which brings us to the flip side of the equation. What if the "soft landing" is a skidding halt? The markets, having just gotten hard evidence of the slowdown they've been waiting for, may find that next week is an excellent time for those doubts to start cropping up. What's ailing the markets these days is uncertainty - over oil prices, the Middle East, the election, you name it. After November, oil prices, with their power to cause not only stagnation but also inflation and political meddling, will likely...
...plus side, tax selling must halt by year's-end. Many believe the Middle East issues won't force oil prices much higher and oil could retreat modestly fairly soon. Despite the many earnings warnings, overall corporate profits will be up about 15% this year and 10% more next year. Largely ignored last week were solid results from PC maker Gateway and optical-networking company Corning...
Seizing a pretext, Arafat let loose his forces. Through all the days of stones and bullets and Molotov cocktails, he uttered not a word of restraint. On the contrary, his state-controlled media gave the war cry. Begged by President Bill Clinton and other world leaders to call a halt, he replied contemptuously, "Our people do not hesitate to continue the march to Jerusalem...
...four began making progress. By 11 p.m. Albright believed she had agreement from the two sides on steps they would take to halt the fighting and keep it from flaring up again. Arafat even softened his demand for an international probe. But outside, diplomacy had become a three-ring circus. President Hosni Mubarak had already booked Albright, Barak and Arafat for Egypt the next day so he could preside over the negotiations. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan had flown to Paris, eager to jump in. And French President Jacques Chirac sat in the Elysee Palace waiting for his turn...
...They flooded the Olympics merchandise store, waiting more than three hours in line to buy silly-looking slippers. They would have gone to a staring contest if it had been a medal event. Live theater performances, including Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida at the Opera House, came to a halt while a big screen showed a particularly anticipated race. The denigrating humor was merely a contrasting shade in a riot of eagerness and team spirit...