1.   America and Europe smoothed over the argument which had hitherto stalled progress.

2.   But such a strategy may stall the progress.

3.   Former Sen. George Mitchell pleaded with dissident politicians Thursday not to block a plan to end the deadlock that is stalling progress in the Northern Ireland peace agreement.

4.   He announced that his review would focus solely on the dispute over empowering the new government and beginning the process of guerrilla disarmament that had stalled progress.

5.   His main cause of frustration is that legal and administrative actions last spring stalled all progress on the memorial.

6.   Her progress was stalled.

7.   Injuries and inconsistency stalled his progress and he now is in his third season splitting time between Triple-A Albuquerque.

8.   It ditched in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii because a low-pressure trough was stalling its progress and it was running low on fuel.

9.   Legislative riders that would place limits on abortion services have stalled progress on spending bills affecting the District of Columbia, national security and foreign operations.

10.   Progress has been stalled, because the Palestinians have been slow in putting together key elements of self-sustaining government, such as a taxing authority.