51.   Sensing that the bombing campaign was straining the Taliban, Rumsfeld appeared reluctant to call a halt in three weeks when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins.

52.   Sanders testified that when he learned about the strategies being used in California, he called a halt to them.

53.   SunTrust Banks said it and Wachovia began talking in November and reached a deal in December, then Wachovia called a halt.

54.   The British government announced on Thursday night that it was calling a halt to the slaughter of cattle that it had agreed to this summer.

55.   The Golden Rule, if not simple fairness, should call a halt to this madness.

56.   The halt was called because some lung cancer patients who got the drug actually died sooner than those who took an inactive placebo.

57.   The halt was called after a report that shares could lose much of their value under a plan to restructure the companies debt.

58.   The predominant view was that Fed chairman Alan Greenspan would call a halt as soon as he got some sign that his nasty medicine was actually working.

59.   The series ended after seven seasons, still high in the ratings, when Ms. Moore called a halt.

60.   Then Congress called a halt to the giveaways and demanded that all remaining chunks of the U.S. airwaves be sold.