• It could also bring to a halt the appreciation of the euro against the dollar that is hurting the export-reliant euro area.

    ECONOMIST: The Bank of England yanks down its growth forecast

  • Automakers don't want a roadside hoodlum to be able to bring traffic to a halt with the push of a button.

    FORBES: Car Talk

  • Automakers don't want a roadside hoodlum to be able to bring traffic to a halt with a push of a button.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • "It is not a weakness to accept that a mistake has been made and we urge the government to bring a halt to this misconceived policy now, " he said.

    BBC: Huge and angry response to childcare plans, says charity

  • The divisiveness that threatens to bring Washington to a halt on at least a monthly basis is destroying our system.

    FORBES: The Age of Disruption

  • Leicester had to infringe to bring it to a halt and Courrent made no mistake to put the visitors back into the lead.

    BBC: Leicester 14-9 Toulouse

  • So how best to bring about a halt to the fighting?

    BBC: International support for attack on Gaza in the balance

  • "What is most important in these talks now is to bring a halt to the political emotions, " Mr Yushchenko said in the aftermath of the collapse of the deal that was supposed to get the taps turned back on.

    BBC: Strategy behind Europe's gas game

  • And we continue to discuss with the Russians as well as others the steps that need to be taken to bring a halt to this appalling violence against Syrian civilians and to usher in a period where the future is brighter for Syria, where the possibility of a democratic political transition exists, which is what the Syrian people deserve.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • The broad make-up of the group has created a political environment where any one of many members of the coalition could bring it to a halt if the policy discussion irked them.

    FORBES: What Does The New Italian Government Mean For Energy?

  • Democrats have threatened to bring Senate business to a halt through procedural moves if Frist takes that step.

    CNN: Showdown looms on Senate filibuster

  • He was also an excellent equestrian, known to bring his horse to a halt so as to jot down a thought, employing his saddle as a makeshift desk.

    NPR: Roth Rewrites History with a 'Plot Against America'

  • The Europeans had hoped that Iran might be persuaded to bring a permanent halt to all uranium and plutonium work if it received the right inducements, including trade and other, less proliferation-prone nuclear technologies.

    ECONOMIST: No appetite for carrots, no fear of sticks | The

  • Mr Noboa has tried to appease this group with extra spending for rural schools and health-care projects, but the farmers remain opposed to dollarisation and they can be expected to try to bring the country to a halt when fuel prices rise.

    ECONOMIST: Ecuador

  • The British, though treading carefully, are clearly looking for a way to bring the ratification process to a halt, most likely at the EU summit on June 16th and 17th.

    ECONOMIST: Dead, but not yet buried | The

  • They had to keep a taxi under control while cruising across concrete flooded with water, and bring a taxi to a screeching halt after reaching speeds above 100 kilometers an hour, or about 60 miles per hour.

    WSJ: In South Africa, a Drive to Rein in Cabbies

  • Several sources said Clinton was adamant that there be no discussion of a so-called exit strategy yet, because he believes such talk would bring serious negotiations to a halt.

    CNN: Clinton and Arafat

  • If the IT staff makes an inappropriate administrative change, it could expose mission-critical workloads to the world at large, or bring the system to a screeching halt and trigger serious downtime.

    FORBES: How Checklists Can Improve Cloud Security

  • But Matthew Broderick, as her husband, a Caspar Milquetoast with a flap of hair falling over his forehead, never seems to get into the movie at all, and, somewhere in the middle, the rusty gothic-horror mechanics underneath the comedy bring everything to a grinding halt.

    NEWYORKER: The Stepford Wives

  • Within limits, the second-generation GL will bring itself to a complete halt if the car detects that the following distance to the car ahead is shrinking too fast, and if the driver fails to step on the brakes in response to flashing lights and an audible alarm.

    FORBES: Cars That Can Drive Themselves Are Still A Ways Off; Cars That Can Stop Themselves Are Already On Sale

  • If you did it wrong, one program or server could still become become a bottleneck and bring the whole site grinding to a halt.

    FORBES: Why Firebase Matters

  • Polls show that many of the races to depose GOP State Senators, an effort designed to return control of the Senate to the Democrats and bring the Scott Walker agenda to a halt, are well within the margin of error and far too close to call.

    FORBES: Wisconsin Recall Races No Slam Dunk

  • By the time New Year's Eve rolls around, companies will have spent billions to correct a technically trivial problem that too few people took seriously - until it threatened to bring our lives and corporations to a grinding halt.

    CNN: Y2K isn't the only drain on corporate resources

  • And while the timing of such cuts remains a critical question lest we bring our economic recovery to a screeching halt by cutting too deeply and too quickly getting things on the right track will no doubt involve changes to our entitlement programs just as we will need to alter our defense spending habits.

    FORBES: Has John McCain's Dark Quest For Relevancy Turned Him Into A Comic Book Villain?

  • Finally, a point is reached where the slightest nudge can bring the whole system grinding to a halt.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Obama's budget director made a vow Sunday that the president will bring a halt to pork-laden bills.

    CNN: Obama calls for overhaul of earmarks

  • We see the young man bring the CLA to a screeching halt in front of a red carpet.

    FORBES: Connect

  • David Levy, the foreign minister, insists that he will leave the government if its policies bring the peace process to a halt.

    ECONOMIST: Israel

  • What did bring the good times to a halt was that by 2006, half the U.S. housing mortgages or 14.5 trillion dollars worth, where non traditional mortgages.

    FORBES: Financial Crisis: Clinton Rooted, Bush Fed, Obama Watered

  • In Kenya, hopes have been raised that a political settlement may be in the offing that would bring a halt to the violence that's killed more than 1000 people since late December.

    NPR: Hopes Dim for Deal to End Violence in Kenya

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