Word: quelling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ensuing flare-up, one police car had its license plates and windshield wiper taken, and three of its tires deflated. A trackless trolley attempting to get through the Square had its trolley poles removed by students; and more than 50 policemen answered calls to the Square to quell hand-to-hand fighting...
...last five days the Crimson squad has been preparing a tight three-and four-man zone defense, which Yovicsin hopes will quell Terhes' aerial attempts. If successful, the long touchdown basses, which hurt the Crimson last week will be prevented. Yovicsin felt confident hat the backs would do their job. He noted that last year the Crimson ranked fourth in the nation in pass defense, and that the defensive backfield that contributed to this record has returned intact...
TIME'S Aug. 17 cover story on the Sahara is an enlightening and timely article. With the public support of the U.S., France could quell more quickly the fanatical, marauding minority in Algeria, and could concentrate on opening the riches of Algeria's Sahara for the entire population's, and the world's, benefit...
Next Kassem moved against the Popular Resistance Force, the Communist-backed civilian militia that helped the army and police quell the March revolt, then stayed on as "bridge guards" and "night security patrols" long after they were needed. The nation is now secure, said Kassem, and no longer needs such special forces. Kassem did all this in his usual indirect fashion, without specifically denouncing the Communists. He obviously wanted no unscheduled fireworks to go off with a bang before his own July 14 festivities...
Adenauer's press office tried to quell the furor by implying that the Times story misquoted the Chancellor, but instead, the transcript confirmed that Adenauer had thought Erhard lacked enough "experience" and "one has to be cautious." Cried Erhard: "It's bad democratic practice if the impression circulates abroad that here's a man in his 84th year and after him there will be nothing." Added Eugen Gerstenmaier, president of the Bundestag: Adenauer is "going too far." What looked to be a storm dying out, said Gerstenmaier, is now a storm "swelling to a head...