How do i cancel Mac App store download?

The computer is on a slow DSL internet and I need to cancel a 1GB dwonload that is shown to be estimated to take over an hour and a half to download so I want to perform the download at a later time.  There appears to be absolutely no way short of Force Quit to stop a download.
Or is there?

[sarcasm \on]
Yes, what was I thinking????
How UNINTUITIVE I am for NOT making the OBVIOUS connection to open LaunchPad in order to pause/cancel/stop any downloads that I initiate through the App Store "Updates" section!
DUH!
The answer was in front of my face all this time and I couldn't connect the dots.
And here I was thinking of all kinds of happy thoughts with my Macs and OS X and it's much vaunted "ease of use."
I should "Just Think Different."
[sarcasm \off]
Whew, I really had to get that off my chest, especially as an Apple user since the Apple ][+, this obtusive way of pausing software updates under Mountain Lion is very disconcerting.
Many thanks Mendel!  Appreciate the assist here...

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