1.   But that bill had stalled amid conservative demands for tougher provisions and worries among other senators that states with rising populations would be hurt.

2.   But the bill stalled amid disputes over a proposal to use federal money for vouchers to help poor students pay tuition at private schools.

3.   Chilean stocks rose as a week-long decline in interest rates stalled amid concern economic growth remains robust.

4.   In Britain, the government has allowed such work, but it has stalled amid emotional legal battles.

5.   In many states, the measures stalled amid lobbying by the wireless phone industry and by other industries that depend on mobile phones.

6.   Over the past two years, however, progress on steps outlined in that accord stalled amid mutual recriminations.

7.   Peace negotiations have stalled amid a spasm of violence.

8.   That could allow him to get on with needed state reforms and sales of state companies, which have been stalled amid the crisis, economists said this week.

9.   The efforts to coordinate tax rates have stalled amid opposition from Luxembourg, which currently holds the rotating EU presidency.

10.   An accord on disarming the rebels and pulling out Russian troops has stalled amid mutual recriminations and distrust.