Word: quashing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...revive his own peace initiative, which he buried last year after Baker took it seriously. The plan called for direct peace talks with the Arab states, as well as elections in the territories to choose leaders who would then negotiate limited autonomy with Israel. This time Shamir hopes to quash the P.L.O.'s campaign for a Palestinian homeland once and for all, while demanding that Arab nations end their state of belligerency with Israel. He says, "Arafat and his ilk are the biggest supporters of the murderer in Baghdad. The time has come for the international community to distance itself...
...Laurentiis, who left DEG under pressure in 1988, is now struggling to quash the firm's case against him. Carolco Pictures, which has agreed to buy DEG's assets for $39 million, aims to pursue the charges. De Laurentiis has struck back with a dubious list of $79 million in claims against the company. The producer has blamed everyone but himself for DEG's woes, a version that doesn't play well with Hollywood insiders. "Dino was clearly, unequivocably, unquestionably responsible for what happened to this company," says Stephen Greenwald, DEG's former chairman. "His attempts to evade that responsibility...
...relaxation, lure other men's wives into extramarital affairs. He may be + the most thoroughly corrupt (and corrupting) cop in an overcrowded movie field. His response to a departmental investigation is to threaten to seduce the wife of head detective Raymond Avila (Andy Garcia) if Avila doesn't quash the case. No question about it, Internal Affairs is a nasty, sometimes brutal, piece of work. But Gere is hypnotic, writer Henry Bean's construction is entertainingly intricate, and director Mike Figgis knows how to turn on a subtle, authentic erotic heat...