A blizzard brought New York to a near standstill this weekend.
Up to 5,000 fans brought Aberdare to a standstill this summer at a public funeral service for the drummer.
Life in and around it has come to a standstill this summer — one recent afternoon, boats could be tallied on one hand.
This is why hundreds of thousands of Chilean students have brought their country's government to a virtual standstill this year, even though Chile is the most successful Latin nation by any economic or social standard.
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.
ALBANY — Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo subpoenaed the New York Senate on Wednesday for a broad range of e-mail messages and other records concerning Senator Pedro Espada Jr., the Bronx Democrat who led a monthlong coup that brought state government to a standstill this summer, Mr. Espada said.
But lawmakers say the talks have been at a virtual standstill this week, with House Republicans refusing to accept the wording of the bipartisan Senate bill, which would grant broader budget and personnel authority to a national intelligence director than would the House bill.
After nationwide strikes brought the country's oil industry to a standstill this spring and led to a coup and countercoup, Venezuela is scrambling to make up for the oil revenue it lost earlier this year by producing more than its quota.
Traffic was at a standstill, unusual this early in the afternoon.
