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. |