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  • Stoppage Stats The number of stories per day that referenced a major-league lockout

    Yes, There Really Is an NBA Lockout Darren Everson 2011

  • Stoppage of water, gas, or other home-related issues

    Debito on the recent Cabinet Office human rights survey 2007

  • On February 18, 2008 they staged a National Agrarian Stoppage with road blocks throughout the country that led to four dead from police repression and the imposition of a state of emergency in eight provinces.

    Massacre in the Amazon: Agreement Sparks a Battle Over Land and Resources 2009

  • In a non-related inquiry, here's another place where one could make a donation to support The Motion Picture & Television Fund's Work Stoppage Relief Fund and help out the "Below the Line" crew affected by the WGA strike.

    we are spirits in the material world truepenny 2007

  • Because Work Stoppage is the single effective threat a hired worker has, the Right to Strike is as fundamental as the Right to Organize.

    Unions & Guilds & Distributism & Chesterton 2007

  • Alagh, The Indian Express Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:20 PM Don't ban futures trading in commodities It will impede price discovery Jignesh Shah MD & CEO MCX The Economic Times FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2006 Stoppage of futures trading is no solution to the rising or falling price trend.

    Increasingly complex global market Tusar N Mohapatra 2007

  • Strike/Work Stoppage In the event of a strike, which causes any cancellation or suspension of operation on any other carrier, the provisions of this rule will not apply with respect to passengers holding tickets for transportation on that carrier.

    Don't Fly Without A Copy Of Rule 240 - The Consumerist 2007

  • Stoppage time: Time added after regulation to make up for injuries and substitutions and other time wasted during the game.

    USATODAY.com - World Cup glossary of terms 2003

  • Unfazed, the Cats have plans for a "Labor Stoppage Night" in the event of a major league players 'strike.

    USATODAY.com 2002

  • Crick has examined the pay-checks (Orwell, p. 283), and noted that three of them are rubber-stamped ` Death Stoppage ', ` just as he said in the book', but he did not draw attention to the incorrect dates.

    Revisiting Orwell's Wigan Pier 1997

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