1.   Occasionally he slowed to a near halt, provoking Eng to push him to keep choreographing and to perform adequately.

2.   But tensions remained high, the result of a strike by taxi drivers that blocked roads and brought commerce and transport to a near halt throughout this Andean country.

3.   The IPO market has sprung back to record territory, after slowing to a near halt when technology stocks plunged in April.

4.   Trading came to a near halt at stock exchanges in Frankfurt, Paris and other cities.

5.   With intra-Asian travel at a near halt, airlines and tour operators are looking to fill up empty seats and hotel rooms with Western travelers.

6.   As a result, the decade-old Doi Moi reforms have slowed to a near halt.

7.   Blocks like the one hit are normally used at the end of rail lines to stop trains after they have slowed to a near halt.

8.   But officers at the nearby army headquarters reported that the agreement Sunday on a disengagement had led to a near halt in firing between India and Pakistan.

9.   He has also opposed EU expansion and urged a near halt to immigration.

10.   Relations between Israel and the Palestinians have ground to a near halt since the Jerusalem construction project began.