Sentences with phrase «near halt»

Last week, new government data showed the economy ground to a near halt in the first half of the year, and on Monday, a factory activity survey showed U.S. manufacturing expanded at its slowest pace in two years in July.

A Verizon service disruption unleashed travel chaos at a terminal at Kennedy International Airport on Sunday night, grinding the check - in process to a near halt and forcing airline employees to hand - write boarding passes for thousands of unhappy passengers.

ALBANY — Except for an occasional break to rest his hand, Gov. David A. Paterson spent most of Thursday vetoing thousands of legislative earmarks as lawmakers prepared to depart for the Fourth of July holiday with the state's budget incomplete and negotiations at a near halt.

When temperatures drop below freezing, the frog's metabolism eases to a near halt, so its cells can survive on negligible amounts of oxygen and energy.

But many claim that after four weeks of daily treatment, the conveyor belt of new pimples ground to a near halt.

Watts has a little more to do with, particularly during the numerous scenes where she's bedridden, however, these scenes soon become overused and tiresome driving the already slow pace to a near halt.

New or refurbished school buildings came to a near halt in 2010 after the cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) investment programme worth # 55,000 m over 20 years.

During the financial crisis of 2007, the credit bubble burst, causing lending to come to a near halt.

These missions include duking it out with the Red Skull, rescuing Commandos and combating Zemo's Death Ray and Adhesive X traps which slow the ball to a near halt when passed through.

But that repetition and generic mission design hurt the whole game so much, dragging the story's pacing to a near halt so that you can perform the same tasks.

At any time you can tap a button to bring up a radial menu and slow down time to a near halt.

Even if you're in a good rhythm, expect the unexpected as you might come up against some jagged hills, long flat areas, and even puddles which will bring you to a near halt.

If even just a couple of enemies are onscreen throwing swords or shooting arrows at you, you can count on the game slowing down to a near halt.

While some of the early successes in the legal tech world initially struck a chord with users and caught on rapidly, many of them have slowed their development to a near halt and stopped actively improving their products and building new features.