Others kept their heads down and tapped their phones frantically; the goal was to find a willing player whose ranking, combined with their own, would be below the moving cut-off line.
But the move cut off water to about 1,400 family farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Basin.
The move cut off North America from a global economy that is increasingly lubricated by air travel.
Congress felt differently, however, and led by Senator Edward M. Kennedy soon began moving to cut off arms sales to the Pinochet dictatorship.
Ryan Roco, a U.S. photographer at the front lines, said Myanmar troops shelled Kachin positions throughout the weekend and appeared to be moving to cut off a road leading to Laiza, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army.
With more speed on the court, the Heat defenders were a step ahead of the Spurs' offense, at times moving to cut off passes before they were even made.
Mr. Rumsfeld said last week that the United States was moving to cut off an important oil pipeline running from Iraq into neighboring Syria, the first major economic penalty against Damascus.
DAKAR, Senegal — The international effort to isolate and dislodge Laurent Gbagbo, who lost a presidential election in Ivory Coast last year but refuses to step down, continues to mount, with West African leaders moving to cut off vital sources of cash and renewing threats of military intervention.
An executive of one leading Western Internet company, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that since the protests began in Turkey, there had been no sign of the government moving to cut off access to leading Web platforms like Twitter or Facebook, though some residents complained of sporadic outages of both.
Ryan Roco, an American photographer who was at the front lines and who has frequently worked in Myanmar, said Myanmar's troops shelled Kachin positions throughout the weekend and appeared to be moving to cut off a road leading to Laiza, the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army.
Real estate isn't attractive; the government has been moving to cut off housing speculation for several years now.
