1.   Advocates of the SIDs say the recent decision will not halt their growth in New Jersey.

2.   In May, the court let stand a lower court decision halting a University of Maryland program that gave scholarships exclusively to black students.

3.   Last May, the high court let stand a lower court decision halting a University of Maryland program giving scholarships only to black students.

4.   The decision halts all progress in the Northern Ireland peace agreement.

5.   The decision could halt the drilling of thousands of other wells for methane gas.

6.   But Israeli officials denied any decision to halt construction.

7.   However, the U.S. Supreme Court decision halting the recount noted that overvotes were being excluded.

8.   Israeli President Ezer Weizman, on a visit to Britain, said the Israeli decision should not halt the peace process.

9.   The decision has halted searches because U.N. weapons experts must be accompanied by Iraqi escorts.

10.   The decision halted U.N. inspections of suspected weapons sites, though monitoring of previously inspected sites is ongoing.