Word: extinguishing
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...ever-helpful "stewards" and "stewardesses" (gender-neutral language was a low priority) knew surprisingly little about modern safety procedures." People did not extinguish their smoking materials. Tray and seat backs were not in the secure, upright and locked position...
...Zulu-based Inkatha Freedom Party, the A.N.C.'s main black rival, such demands could further fuel the A.N.C.-Inkatha strife that has left thousands dead in the past decade. With tempers flaring, a less-than-magnificent win for the A.N.C. leader would make it more difficult to extinguish the simmering postelection prospect of civil...
...several witnesses had seen two men in a blue pickup truck racing away from ground zero -- turned out to be a bust. By Thursday Ablott's team had interviewed the men, who could prove they not only had alerted neighbors to the fire's existence but had tried to extinguish...
...Boston Fire Department was then called in to extinguish the flames...
Fortunately for the industry, costly catastrophes tend to extinguish price wars by squeezing discounters out of the market and by presenting survivors with a can't-miss opportunity to raise rates. In the aftermath of Hugo, South Carolina premiums increased an average of 3.5%. Most analysts expect rates in South Florida to rise at least 10% in 1993, meaning the average annual premium for homeowners will reach $440. Average auto-insurance rates could hit $1,050 next year, up $50 from 1992. However, a senior-level insurance executive contends that insurers would be justified in doubling or tripling prices...