Tourism, one of the country's main economic sectors, has almost ground to a standstill as a result of the bloody string of attacks over the past year.
Perhaps, then, the standstill was the result either of a power struggle within the ruling circles of Dubai, or between Dubai and its neighbour, Abu Dhabi.Abu Dhabi's conservative rulers have mixed feelings about their brash, go-getting neighbour.
That party, led by Konrad Henlein, exploited the dissatisfaction of unemployed workers in the Sudetenland, where the heavily industrialized economy had come almost to a standstill as a result of the Great Depression.
For 2 weeks now, observing at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, the world's largest radio telescope, has been at a standstill as a result of an ongoing strike by the 195-member ALMA workers union.
Conflicts within his fractious cabinet over how to deal with the economic crisis have meanwhile brought his government to a standstill, with the result that for months he has been hounded by the opposition, and even by some of his friends, to resign as premier.
In the 17th century, although Aarhus was still a large city with many rich merchants, its growth came to a standstill as a result of the Swedish wars and competition from Copenhagen.
Maybe the worldwide standstill that would result -- maybe the disruptions, the danger, the discomfort and the desperation that would occur, if civilization were for even an hour "off the grid" -- would remind disconnected moderns of the debt they owe to energy providers.
"Until the resolution of the euro zone crisis, a period of continued market instability, constrained credit as well as the resulting near standstill in Western Europe is expected to seriously affect the outlook for the E.B.R.D. region," the bank warned in a report on regional economic prospects, published in October.
Traffic was backed up, at a standstill in places, the result of 20,000 angry campesinos making their way to the three centers of governmental power – the Constitutional Court, the Congress and the National Palace, where the president holds court.
Manufacturers knew that something from Apple was about to drop so they drove up prices, resulting in a standstill in innovation.
