stop-go

adj

(Economics) Brit (of economic policy) characterized by deliberate alternate expansion and contraction of aggregate demand in an effort to curb inflation and eliminate balance of payments deficits, and yet maintain full employment

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stop-go

[ˈstɒpˈgəʊ] N (Brit) period of stop-go → periodo m cuando una política de expansión económica alterna con otra de restricción

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"With intermittent wind speed patterns, uncertainty in operations translate to a 'stop-go' situation or a full suspension at discretion of operators," The agency said.

Suspended operations in South Harbor lead to long queue of trucks in Port Area Manila

Wind speeds of 16 meters per second cause port cranes to fully stop, ATI explained, adding that intermittent wind speed patterns and uncertainty in operations translate to a 'stop-go' situation or a full suspension at the discretion of operators.

ATI ordered to turn away trucks going to Manila South Harbor

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Clr Lees-Hamilton was at the wheel of her Seat Ibiza when she approached one of the stop-go controllers.

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Cowboys and Indians: Stop-go animation A Town Called Panic.

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By mid-afternoon yesterday, it was stop-go for easterly traffic from as far back as the Parc Menai turn-off, all the way to Aber, with not a workman in sight.

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The stop-go tour was enough to exhaust the strongest of men or women.

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The Foundry's work, full of a stop-go movement style that is commanding in its deliberate lulls and sudden accelerations, held its own on a dating, thrill-filled program that bodes well for Lines's future.

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Her stunted, stop-go motion also resembles "animation," the mainstay of breakdancing, in which actions are fragmented into tiny bits.

MEG STUART