Word: haltingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lasted. John McCain and Bill Bradley assailed the established favorites with "new" programs, with cries for reform and whispered misgivings about their opponents' supporters. It was the year 2000 revival of a fine American classic script, and it played well for a while, then came to an abrupt halt. George Bush and Al Gore romped over the upstarts in the early results on Tuesday, appearing to put an end to the suspense and drama (or pseudo-drama) and sentencing us all to an eight-month campaign between the heavily programmed duo. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday night, Bush had beaten...
...behavior. The head of Massport, Peter Blute, was sacked after he took a booze cruise in Boston Harbor. Lt. Governor Jane Swift apologized for her use of a state helicopter for personal purposes. Given these past incidents, Cellucci can ill afford the Big Dig to come to a grinding halt...
...conductor's baton comes to a dramatic halt. The orchestra's final note rings in the air. There is a split second of awed silence, then thunderous applause as the audience expresses its appreciation...
...wonder as the beanie babies in his guitar case stare back in equal amusement. Swetland fights for attention with the little girls across the tracks claiming they saw a rat. An old friend shows up and taps the musician on the shoulder and the music comes to an abrupt halt. Just saying hi, Swetland explains. "I'll forgo another four or five dollars just to maintain a social life out here." This 40 year-old Cantabrigian from Albuquerque, N.M., is another full-time public transport musician. Once in the "Carter Volunteer Army," this self-described "armchair traveler" has performed...
...fraud. "We were hearing the same thing from every direction," a senior law-enforcement source told TIME. "There was worry that the whole insurance business of the U.K. could collapse." In Washington the Securities and Exchange Commission launched two separate investigations of Lloyd's in 1991, only to halt both a year later in what former chairman Richard Breeden describes as deference to British court actions...