Bizarre in the mind while lovely in the eye, they make for another odd halt, marked by mutual, cordial incomprehension.
Our national political system is dysfunctional, characterized by halting, irregular movements, marked with corruption and cronyism (corporate ethics have become political ethics), and fueled, it seems, not by any virtues of civic duty or social responsibility, but by personal rancor, distrust, and petty disputes over who knows best.
Yesterday downtown Tbilisi ground to a halt as the filmmakers recreated a patriotic rally on 12 August 2008, marking the end of the war.
The offensive was halted because the Hungarian leadership offered to surrender in November 1918, marking the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire.
Walcott halted some of United's momentum when he took advantage of slack marking to shoot beneath De Gea in first-half injury time.
While American concerns halted one of the requirements for switching control of the Parwan prison, Afghanistan vowed to go on with a ceremony marking its takeover.
The company responsible for the marking of 600,000 pupils' Sats papers appeared to blame its own markers' equipment last week for problems that, we are told, had the system almost grinding to a halt.
More than five years into a recovery marked by halting growth, many businesses are still adding temp jobs rather than permanent ones.
Councillors on Dumfries and Galloway Council's economy, environment and infrastructure committee halted their meeting to mark Armistice Day.
For example, Redline found that residents with sleep apnea, a disorder marked by halted or shallow breathing during sleep, are less likely to consistently use the CPAP device that treats it.
