11.   In addition, a walkout slams the brakes on thousands of installations and repairs for customers.

12.   Indeed, the utilities were under orders to sell their power plants, until the crisis slammed the brakes on those requirements.

13.   It fired some top veterans in its bond and risk management departments and slammed the brakes on growth in emerging markets.

14.   Max slammed the brakes, but the Mustang slid at an angle and crashed into the bigger, heavier vehicle.

15.   Now, Wohl apparently has slammed the brakes on all of his plans while he tries to woo suddenly jobless Pat Riley.

16.   On Saturday, Andrew Card, the new White House chief of staff, slammed the brakes on hundreds of regulations issued or proposed by Clinton.

17.   That could lead to global tariff wars, slam the brakes on the world economy and cause a humongous worldwide depression.

18.   The bankruptcy filing also is likely to slam the brakes on moves by some other states considering electricity deregulation plans.

19.   But they were already apportioning blame for the failure of the heart of plans to slam the brakes on federal spending.

20.   Dependence on online advertising has become increasingly risky as dot-coms and other high-tech companies have slammed the brakes on their spending.