Sentence examples for paralyzed state from inspiring English sources

Speaking for just 12 minutes in his inaugural address, Mr. Schwarzenegger vowed to end the partisanship that has virtually paralyzed state government.

He said that the civil suit was probably only his first move against Mr. Espada, who was elevated to majority leader by Senate Democrats last summer after agreeing to end a monthlong coup that had paralyzed state government.

Mr. Espada, who would return to the Senate in 2008 and lead a coup that shut it down and paralyzed state government for a month, said his rival, State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr., had misused employees of nonprofit groups that Mr. Díaz controlled for political fund-raising and campaigning.

That list now includes three of the Four Amigos, as they called themselves, who staged an audacious power grab that briefly paralyzed state government and, as his price for ending the standoff, made Mr. Espada the majority leader of the Senate.

Given the fact that each hospital meal was made to satisfy the appetite of the average adult male, combined with the fact that my completely paralyzed state ensured that I never, ever worked up an appetite, each meal was pure, unadulterated torture of the most disgusting kind.

"But the letters rogatory seem to be in a paralyzed state".

Around Russia, frozen conflicts ― in Ukraine and Georgia ― have paralyzed states that otherwise might make a bid to join the EU or NATO.

2009 Defects again to join Republicans and take control of the Senate, below, paralyzing state government for weeks.

When Mr. Monserrate was in the Senate, he and Mr. Espada, both Democrats, crossed the aisle, handing power to the Republicans and paralyzing state government for five weeks.

The Postal Service last shut down operations on Feb. 6, 1978, when a blizzard paralyzed the state.

Two of the amigos, Pedro Espada Jr. and Hiram Monserrate, even briefly allied with the Republican caucus in 2009, orchestrating a coup that for a time paralyzed the state government.