Although Apple likes to keep everything lean and mean, he said, the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs may have been the only one who could have halted a bloated operating system from hitting the market.

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The blasts temporarily halted city's transportation system as well as flights.

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The explosions temporarily halted city's transportation system as well as flights.

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The macroeconomic picture has improved and investor confidence has found a new lease on life after Tokyo halted the deterioration of the banking system, public funds juiced up the statistics and numerous private companies began restructuring their operations.

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Tim Geithner, my incoming Treasury Secretary, reported that the financial system, shaken by the subprime crisis, had halted almost all lending, which in turn threatened to pull the broader economy in a downward spiral.

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Many structural reforms, such as an overhaul of the judicial system and the privatisation of creaking state enterprises, have been halted.

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The stock was halted by a circuit breaker twice, as traders flooded the system.

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Even if emission rises were halted now, the planet would continue to warm because of the time it takes for the climate system to return to equilibrium, he said.

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