Word: quash
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...surrender ended a bloody chapter that began in March 1970, after a bloodless coup ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk as chief of state. The new regime, headed by General Lon Nol, almost immediately launched a campaign to drive Hanoi's troops from their base camps inside Cambodia and quash the Khmer Rouge, a ragtag band of 3,000 to 5,000 leftist guerrillas. After initial hesitations, Washington backed the new regime. The U.S. invasion of Cambodia in 1970, directed against North Vietnamese sanctuaries, was partly designed to help Lon Nol. Also helpful were $1.8 billion in aid and thousands...
Connie Paige, a free-lance journalist, also has a motion before the court, to quash a subpoena ordering her to testify for the prosecution...
...synod fathers turned down the major portion of a final summary document on evangelization, some of them voting to quash it because it was too laden with vague generalities. But though they did not produce any comprehensive analysis, the bishops did leave behind a file of some 3,000 separate statements for the Pope to peruse at his pleasure -or displeasure...
...fullbacks, especially Ralph Booth, whom Ford praised as one of the standouts of the game, helped to protect Bryan. Also, Arty Faden playing defense in Zimering's spot at midfield for the first 15 minutes, played another of his tough games, making tackles all over the field to quash the Tiger offense...
While Nixon is in the hospital, his lawyers will be questioned about his health. A California judge must decide whether to grant their motion to quash a subpoena for Nixon to appear in Santa Ana and give a deposition in a civil suit challenging security arrangements at a 1971 rally in Charlotte, N.C. The plaintiffs charge that their civil rights were violated when they were refused entry. Miller & Co. argue that giving the deposition would impose an "unreasonable burden" on their ailing client...