31.   Though the government ground to a temporary halt last week while President Clinton and Congress faced off over the budget, the Patent and Trademark Office was open.

32.   Trading in AremisSoft had already been stopped since Monday, when the company asked for a temporary halt so that it could release news.

33.   Union leaders agreed to the temporary halt in output to prevent layoffs, the company said.

34.   Planters in Assam said a temporary halt in production would help hike prices.

35.   A Bogota judge recently ordered a temporary halt to the fumigations in Amazonian Indian lands, acting on a request by the tribes there.

36.   A temporary halt in futures selling by life insurers and other institutional investors helped lift share prices, traders said.

37.   A temporary halt in deportations of Guatemalans and Salvadorans in the United States lapsed on Monday.

38.   Across Scandinavia, a minute of silence brought buses and trams to a temporary halt.

39.   Annan, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last month, made it clear he was not talking about a temporary bombing halt to facilitate humanitarian relief efforts.

40.   Armenak Ipekci, who exported kitchenware and food to Russia for years, has put a temporary halt to his trade.