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Drone sightings also caused air traffic to be halted twice late on Tuesday after drones were spotted near the same airport in Brussels, as well as at another in Liege.

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It was a tough letter, demanding an immediate halt to all work at the Cuban missile sites.

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There was a terrible gnashing noise, and then each of the propellers ground to a halt.

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Instead, the U.S. is halting the first serious effort in four decades to rebuild America’s shipbuilding capacity, and a way to hold China accountable for its industrial predation.

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“Staffing triggers,” indicating a shortage of controllers, have been driving some flight cancellations and delays in recent days, in addition to the more usual halts triggered by bad weather or construction at U.S. airports.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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