Word: haltingly
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...Cambridge delegation will encounter representatives of Columbia and Bates prior to its arrival in Boston, and will argue with the Holy Cross debating team on Friday night, October 29. They then expect to halt in their journey for a week-end at Northampton, where they will attempt to have the last word in a debate with the Smith speakers...
...Zahler car approached, its gears whining softly, rain coursing down the windshield. At the bandit cry of "Halt!" Mrs. Zahler, nimble-fingered, tore off her jewels and slipped them under the seat...
Quick. Suddenly the screech of brakes was heard far up the hill. One Hedley V. Quick, an employe of the Anglo-American Bank of Mexico City, was slithering down the grade, en route to Cuernavaca. So steep is the hill that Mr. Quick could not stop when commanded to halt by the bandits. Two shots ripped through his side curtains. Then, resourceful, Mr. Quick took his foot from the brake, plunged it down upon the gas. His car, bounding, lurching, sped down the hill. Half a mile farther on he met First-Secretary Arthur Bliss Lane...
Vexed, General Jesus Lopez rode out himself with a detachment of soldiers. They espied the bandits, ordered them to halt, fired upon them...
...body of a Mrs. George Lewis. Recalling a traditional procedure,† he set five loaves adrift, having to guess where to start them as Mrs. Lewis had drowned unseen, while fishing, her empty boat being the only clue. Four loaves floated idly about. One came to a purposeful halt. Grappling beneath the arrested loaf, Sergeant Bushy brought up Mrs. Lewis's body...