Word: quashing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...White policemen find it hard to differentiate between riot language and horseplay language. Some black talk implies an imminent riot to whites, but to blacks it is a way of life. A rash decision by a patrolman based on language that he believes is offensive can precipitate instead of quash a riot." Leon Fisher, a black cop assigned to the juvenile bureau in St. Louis, is hopeful. "We are entering a new era," he says. "The image of this department is changing from the brutal sort of thing to a role of assistance. We are assisting people...
...message wasn't brought home strongly enough we can anticipate more provocation of the San Jose "This is what they really hate" style. The tactic is really an old one: tempt the opposition into some exceptionally sensational and yet fruitless act and then use it as an excuse to quash them. Hitler, for example, did it with the Reichstag fire...
...more than 100 futile attempts have been made to junk the Electoral College. When the Senate last week tried for the second time in three weeks to quash a mild filibuster against the proposed amendment, it fell five votes short of the necessary two-thirds majority...
Kremlin Silence. One indication of a possible change in leadership is that the Kremlin has not moved to halt the rumors by denying them. Another way to quash the rumors would be to rouse the sick Politburo members from their beds long enough for them to gather at some official occasion. Just such an occasion was provided last week at a Kremlin party for Soviet cosmonauts. Only one of the ailing leaders felt well enough, in body or spirit, to put in an appearance. He was Shelepin, who looked pale...
...question of a possible attempt to quash the incident is another issue. The chain of command went from Calley to Medina, then to Lieut. Colonel Frank A. Barker Jr., who has since died in combat. Barker's boss was Colonel Oran Henderson, then commander, 11th Infantry Brigade, which was under Major General Samuel Koster, the Americal Division commander, who is now superintendent at West Point. It seems likely that the full Peers report will not be released and that no other trials will be held until after Calley's court-martial, which...