Word: quashed
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...with gratitude," Cem said. Ecevit, however, was not pleased to be viewed in the past tense after 45 years in politics. While conceding that he may well be forced out if resignations continue to deplete his coalition's parliamentary numbers, Ecevit filled his cabinet vacancies. He also tried to quash the independent Dervis' attempt to launch himself into politics by joining up with Cem, saying that Dervis could not both serve the government and oppose it. In the end, Dervis withdrew his resignation under pressure from President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who feared that if the architect of Turkey's multibillion...
...says he had heard “all kinds of rumors about this gigantic University not paying up that much taxes and gobbling up all these communities”—rumors that he set out to quash...
...abuse allegations and is bracing for fresh claims against the two Portland priests. When Florida's Bishop of Palm Beach Anthony O'Connell resigned March 10, after revelations that he had fondled a student 25 years ago, church officials disclosed that they had handed the victim $125,000 to quash a lawsuit in 1996. In the past decade, four dioceses (see chart) have laid out $96.2 million in settlements. And these are only the ones that have become public; the vast majority carry confidentiality agreements that continue to conceal the full extent of priest misconduct and church payouts...
...simplistic, black and white thinking of fairytales which has engulfed our country. This view, provoked by our emotional response to Sept. 11, is that there is good and evil in the world, and right now, the forces of good—America, Harvard—must rise up to quash evil in a grand battle of mythic proportions...
...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...