Sentence examples similar to called standstill from inspiring English sources

Delusions of Dominance Apparently convinced that he could use the Western news media to foment protests against the American attacks, and to save himself by forcing President Bush to call a standstill before American troops overran Baghdad, Mr. Hussein sent his inner coterie out to hold news conferences.

He offered a poem, called "At a Standstill".

Despite the tension between the parties, world markets partially recovered their losses from last week, when Dubai World called for the standstill just before a Muslim holiday, leaving an information vacuum that exacerbated investors' concerns.

But some researchers favor an alternative idea, called the Beringian standstill model, which holds that there was only one major wave into Beringia, but that people stayed there so long that they differentiated into distinguishable genetic groups, which then entered the Americas.

This so-called standstill agreement went into effect yesterday.

The Group of 20 countries upheld their promise not to protect their own businesses by restricting trade — the so-called standstill clause.

The length of the so-called standstill agreement had been at the center of a dispute between the companies about opening talks.

Tiscali has a so-called standstill agreement with its lenders, allowing it to stop loan payments until June 30 as a restructuring is worked out.

On Dec. 6, the Landmarks Preservation Commission issued a so-called standstill agreement with Rockrose to suspend demolition of the building for a month while the commission considered taking preliminary steps toward making it a city landmark.

Yet in a sign that a potential takeover deal was in the works, América Móvil, which is being advised by Deutsche Bank, announced at the end of last month that it had ended a so-called standstill pact that had limited its holding in KPN to less than 30 percent.

Dubai, one of the seven members of the United Arab Emirates, said Wednesday that it intended to ask all lenders to Dubai World, the government's main investment vehicle, and Nakheel, the conglomerate's property development unit, to sign on to a so-called standstill agreement and extend repayment deadlines until at least the end of May.