Word: quash
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Petula, 1968: the sponsors, Chrysler Motor Corp., try unsuccessfully to quash a shocking sequence in this Petula Clark special. In the sequence, Petula's white hand rests momentarily on the black arm of Guest Star Harry Belafonte...
...banks to disclose much information about transactions by customers. All along, leaders of the banking establishment have voiced their loud disapproval. The act, they claim, would lead to a "total invasion of privacy" (TIME, July 17). Joined by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union, they have sought to quash the law in the courts...
...charges that the block associations are racist, Norine answers that her sole aim is to stop block busting rather than prevent black families from moving in. She is quick to quash rumors of a black takeover, and has made the rounds of the real estate offices to demand a halt to scare tactics. Still, surrounded by more complainers than doers like herself, she wonders how long she can hold...
Rodberg asked Garrity to quash the subpoena last month on the grounds that it violated Gravel's legislative immunity, Garrity ruled that Rodberg could refuse to discuss actual Congressional business but that he must still testify. Gravel and Rodberg then appealed to the circuit court...
They asked the court to quash Rodberg's subpoena and to provide in the future both a statement of "the purpose and scope of the government's inquiry" and "a list of witnesses in advance" so that the defense can determine which witnesses can claim legislative privilege...