Nearby, public transportation came to a halt, and people were told to go inside, and stay away from windows.
Following the end of the initial fighting, the Australian advance towards the main Japanese concentration at Buin continued until torrential rain and flooding brought it to a halt, washing away many bridges and roads upon which they relied for supplies.
The new leader of the Senate, Jose Sarney, is a former president of Brazil who oversaw the country's halting transition away from military dictatorship in1985.
This process will only take two minutes, from setting off to coming to a halt 12 miles away.
We set off at an enormous speed and screeched to a halt two blocks away at Basil Amulree's, with whom Douglas shared a house".
We set off at an enormous speed and screeched to a halt two blocks away at Basil Amulree's, with whom Douglas shared a house". Soon it would be Richardson's home, too: "I slept with Douglas out of curiosity, and also I wanted to get to know him better," he says.
Why, it's a trio of taxis pulling to a halt 100 metres away, then disgorging 10 grinning drummers.
It coasts to a halt 200 feet away.
The car came to a screeching halt some miles away from the gate, and so did all my anticipation.
The practical impact was to halt the stripping away (well, mostly) of the marble and stone, saving the Pantheon from the fate of hundreds of ancient treasures torn apart to build new churches, homes, shops and roads of the post-pagan Rome.
