Word: quashed
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...Etchemendy’s name were still in contention, the op-ed would not necessarily quash his candidacy...
...Lacy changed course on Karr when it became clear that his DNA didn't match what was found at the scene of the crime. Her motion to quash the arrest warrant, though, quickly shifted attention away from Karr's delusional confessions toward Lacy's own handling of the investigation. Colorado Governor Bill Owens lambasted the DA for conducting what he called the most most extravagant and expensive DNA test in Colorado history, and Lacy said an evening caller told her she deserved to be tarred and feathered. At the press conference Tuesday Lacy defended her strategy and pledged...
...However, many fear it could open the door for conservative clerics to abuse women and ethnic minorities and to quash free speech using loose definitions of virtue. Hard-liner clerics have been flexing their muscles in recent months. In March, an Afghan man charged with converting from Islam to Christianity was forced to flee the country after he faced a possible death penalty in the Afghan court system. Sam Zia Zarifi, director of research of the Asia division of New York-based Human Rights Watch, warns that the new vice and virtue cops could be "an instrument for politically oppressing...
Phantom farmers get some of their strongest support from their bona fide counterparts. Last month real farmers helped quash legislation aimed at closing loopholes in Florida's greenbelt law, in part because tighter rules could impede their ability to sell their land--to developers...
...film) and are drawn together by a plan to save England from the clutches of Sutler (John Hurt), a malevolent Hilter-esque Chancellor. The film chronicles the struggles of Evey and V over a full year against the countercurrent of Sutler and his minions who are determined to quash their terrorist plot...