1.   Back home, the country has ground to a halt, with many taking a month off to watch the games.

2.   Nobody quarrels with the concept of expanding and protecting our access to oil, without which the country would grind to a powerless halt.

3.   Labor leaders on Wednesday said they expected the country to grind to a standstill during nationwide strikes protesting socialist austerity policies.

4.   For this is a country seemingly grinding to a halt with an infrastructure in tatters and a food distribution system run amok.

5.   The country virtually ground to a halt to watch the game in Suwon, South Korea.