Word: haltingly
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...halt Harvard's plans, a Web site has been created that includes a petition against the project, which opponents will eventually send to the planning boards...
Russia's campaign in Chechnya is in trouble, and acting president Vladimir Putin is taking no chances. The Russian military announced Friday that it had been ordered to "temporarily halt" the assault on Grozny, and that Moscow's two leading commanders in Chechnya would be returning to their former posts. "This is as close as we're going to get to an official admission that Russian forces have hit a wall in Grozny," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "It's a major turning point...
...Syrians say that's because Israel is dragging its feet. And discussing only the issues most dear to Israel forces Syria to tip its hand while Israel's intentions on withdrawing from the Golan remain secret. So it's hardly surprising that Syria has called a halt - after all, as much as Barak needs to be able to return to Tel Aviv claiming to have won security concessions, so does Syria's Foreign Minister Farouk Al-Sharaa need to be able to return to Damascus with an Israeli commitment to cede the Golan. So Bill Clinton will have to make...