The job figures were released a day after the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that New York was experiencing "a pause in growth".
Given the current conditions of national life, and the sudden exposure and ulceration of wounds amassed over the years, it is only natural that literature should experience a pause.
At a moment when Western landscapes are frequently surveyed, negotiated, developed and transformed, Mr. Stinson optimistically paints what he calls "culture in repose": that is, Western settings experiencing a pause.
However, they might be experiencing "a pause" in general.
"Whilst terrestrial temperature increases may be experiencing a pause, the ocean continues to warm regardless.
In this scenario, growth in domestic demand in Germany would experience a pause in the first quarter of this year, before bouncing back in the second half of the year and continuing strongly in 2008.
"Where the art engaged the viewer to a point where they could potentially experience a pause, or a gap, in their day, conversation, or thought, and perhaps even have some profound insights".
Whoever schedules shifts for the intensive care unit at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, Arizona, probably experienced a pregnant pause when they heard this news: 16 of the nurses are currently pregnant.
We experienced a brief, stunned pause there in beastly Old Bond Street.
I experience a melancholy pause when meaning is lost, when words drift like runaways far from home.
