That rare event, a "major lunar standstill," is happening now, and continues through 2007.
Mr. Geithner said that just one year ago, economic activity came to a standstill as major financial institutions shut down because of a lack of liquidity.
The workers are back on Dubai's building sites after almost two weeks of industrial action that has brought several major projects to a standstill, including Burj Dubai, the tallest building in the world and, as such, a prime symbol of the Gulf state's overweening global ambitions.
Geithner said that just one year ago economic activity came to a standstill as major financial institutions shut down due to lack of liquidity.
The GOP has used the senatorial filibuster to bring the entire government to a standstill on major legislation, and the death of Senator Kennedy has only added complication to the situation in the Senate.
The Sun Dagger site on Fajada Butte in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, stands out for its explicit light markings that record all the key events of both the solar and lunar cycles: summer solstice, winter solstice, equinox, and the major and minor lunar standstills of the moon's 18.6 year cycle.
A vast dragnet for one man had brought a major American city to a standstill.
After the disappointment of cloudy skies, eclipse viewers are being thwarted even in their desire to call it a day, with traffic grinding to a standstill on many major routes out of Devon and Cornwall.
The 1877 general strikes brought work to a standstill in a dozen major cities.
The world's major economies have slowed to a "virtual standstill" this year but are expected to rebound strongly in the second half of 2002, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said here today.
