Selig's reading of history was off -- negotiations in the 1960's were completed without work stoppages -- but, given the contentious relationship that had produced five strikes and three lockouts in the eight negotiations since 1972, the development was surprising.
(A spirant, such as v, f, s, is produced with local friction and without complete stoppage of the breath stream).
A fricative is a sound, such as English f or s, produced with friction and, hence, without complete stoppage in the vocal tract; an affricate is a sound, such as the ch in church or the dg in judge, that begins as a stop and ends as a fricative, with incomplete stoppage.
The common sound system underlying the systems of the present Basque dialects has five (pure) vowels and two series of stopped consonants—one voiced (without complete stoppage in many contexts), represented by b, d, g, and the other voiceless, represented by p, t, k.
To be sure, many of the upcoming series would have aired with or without a stoppage, given the genre's surge in popularity (can you say American Idol?), to say nothing of its cheaper price tag.
Mr Serwotka said the "big stuff" planned included a carte blanche motion at the conference in Brighton for ongoing strikes this summer, from national walk-outs to site-specific stoppages, without further ballots.
The game resembles a mix of soccer and American football -- you score points by catching the flying disc in the end zone -- but without the tackling or stoppages in play.
Auriemma's practices are known for having the charged atmosphere of a Final Four game -- without the courtside courtesies and stoppages of play.
When the year began, few were confident the owners and players could negotiate an agreement without a work stoppage, because the two sides had not negotiated a new agreement without a strike or a lockout for 30 years.
For them, work stoppages that are held without notice or warning are often the most damaging, because the element of surprise and unpreparedness are two of the key tools in the workers' armory for creating bargaining leverage.
