21.   Even if a strike is averted, the economy will still slow somewhat when the stepped-up production comes to an abrupt halt in the spring, economists said.

22.   Finally, the closing bell rang and trading came to an abrupt halt.

23.   Here is where streets and homes of upscale Tsawwassen, B.C., come to an abrupt halt at the forests of pastoral Point Roberts, Wash.

24.   His manic existence comes to an abrupt halt after a plane crash leaves him stranded on a remote South Pacific island with no companions or conveniences.

25.   His insistence on this point, he acknowledged in an interview Tuesday, contributed to an abrupt halt to negotiations with Brooklyn Union late last summer.

26.   I was staring at the ground, waiting for the procession to pass, when it suddenly came to an abrupt halt a few feet from me.

27.   If the competition drives profits low enough, it could bring the South American gas rush to an abrupt halt.

28.   It appeared that Britain, France and U.N. military commanders were close to accepting the American view, unless the Serbian offensive could be brought to an abrupt halt.

29.   Israeli-Palestinian negotiations came to an abrupt halt.

30.   It was the withdrawal of this key concession that brought the two days of negotiations to an abrupt halt on Saturday.