28 March 2016
moratorium
[mawr-uh-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-, mor-]
noun, plural moratoria [mawr-uh-tawr-ee-uh, -tohr-, mor-] (Show IPA), moratoriums.
1. a suspension of activity:
a moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons.
2. a legally authorized period to delay payment of money due or the performance of some other legal obligation, as in an emergency.
3. an authorized period of delay or waiting.
Origin of moratorium
Late Latin
1870-1875; < New Latin, Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of neuter of morātōrius moratory
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Examples from the Web for moratorium
Contemporary Examples
His Democratic challenger, Tom Wolf, has promised to issue a moratorium on executions if elected.
Pennsylvania’s Lethal Injection Fiasco
Christopher Moraff
September 17, 2014
But Landrieu says the White House moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling is a huge mistake.
Mitch Landrieu’s Tough Challenge
Lloyd Grove
August 15, 2010
Perry is calling for a moratorium on all new regulations “to get America working again.”
Can Perry Keep the Heat?
Mark McKinnon
August 16, 2011
Anagram
atrium moor
omit armour
Today’s quote
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
On this day
28 March 1930 – Turkey changes the name of Constantinople to Istanbul and Angora to Ankara.
28 March 1939 – end of the Spanish Civil War, with Nationalist General Francisco Franco taking control of Madrid after a 3 year war against the Government of the Second Spanish Republic, which was led by President Manuel Azaña. Franco established a fascist dictatorship which lasted for 36 years. The Civil War had been fought between Fascist and Republican forces. The Republicans were comprised of a number of socialist, communist and anarchist forces. The Soviet Union backed the Republicans, but opposed other socialist forces such as the POUM (Workers Party of Marxist Unification), PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party), CNT (Confederationo of anarcho-syndicalist trade unions) and others.
28 March 1964 – The Beatles have 10 hits in the Billboard charts at the same time.
28 March 2008 – President George W. Bush states that the USA is not in recession, but just slowing down and that tax cuts will stimulate spending. The US National Bureau of Economic Research declared the USA recession started in December 2007 and ended in July 2009.
28 March 2008 – The Pew Centre reports that the USA has the highest number of incarcerations in the world, at 2.3 million, which surpasses the number of prisoners in China, Russia and Iran. The USA also has the highest rate of imprisonments in the world as a percentage of population.