' Only a reminder: In 1993, the Intifada was wearing down almost to a point of a halt, Arafat was an international outcast, boycotted in the Arab world, and his power and influence hit an all time low due to his support of Saddam Hussein, and he was in Tunis, subject to be transferred, with his headquarters, to Yemen.
And so they're just going to keep going until they get to a specific point to call a halt for another phase of the operation.
The outcome of more than five hours of meetings in Moscow involving President Vladimir Putin, Kerry and Lavrov essentially bring diplomatic efforts to halt Syria's violence to a point they were about a year ago.
Output growth slowed to a halt in the second quarter, business surveys point to further weakening during the second half of this year, and the labour market has softened.
Annan's six-point peace plan also calls for a halt in violence by both sides and a Syrian-led political process to end the crisis.
The halt in the fighting was part of a six-point plan devised by Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League special envoy for Syria.
Romney also made a point in both speeches of calling for a halt of all nuclear enrichment by Iran, aligning himself with Israel's insistence that Iran must have no nuclear capability.
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At some point, the people in the affected countries presumably will call a halt to the pain and sweep in a government willing to think the impossible leaving the euro, for example.
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Finally, a point is reached where the slightest nudge can bring the whole system grinding to a halt.
In 1994, when Mr Savimbi was on the point of possible capture, the politicians signed a peace agreement and ordered the soldiers to halt their advance.
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