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“Thank you for the correction! Do you realise that we have only ten months of survival left for the entire living species on the Earth? Don't you think we have to do something to stop all this?” A fleeting smile crossed James' face.Through this period, farmers received threatening letters urging them to stop using machines that deprived workmen of their livelihood.It took a fire for me to stop focusing on my feelings of insecurity and open up to all the wonderful people around me.Merchants therefore looked for ways to stop this loss of silver.The security guard looked at them as if he wanted to stop them but he did not say anything.What would you say about a country where some persons have a permanent position in the ministry and have the power to stop the decision of the entire parliament? Or a parliament where five per cent of the members hold a majority of votes? Would you call these democratic? Most of the global institutions fail to pass the simple test of democracy that we use for national governments.A veto gives unlimited power to stop a decision, but not to adopt one.The mail train began to stop at their railway station.You have asked our governments to stop supporting our farmers, but you are doing so yourselves.Laws were passed to stop the practice of sati and to encourage the remarriage of widows.His arms began to ache and he was forced to stop again.In 1839, the Chinese Emperor sent Lin Ze-xu to Canton as a Special Commissioner with instructions to stop the opium trade.People with high self-efficacy have been found to stop smoking the moment they decide to do so.The right of a person, party or nation to stop a certain decision or law.If only Peggy would decide of her own accord to stop having fun with Wanda.