Word: quashing
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When Russian tanks stormed Budapest in 1956 to quash the revolution, award-winning cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs grabbed a 35-mm camera from his film school and secretly documented the violence. Kovacs, who fled to the U.S. in 1957 (CBS aired his footage in a 1961 documentary), went on to international acclaim for sweeping photography in more than 70 movies, including Five Easy Pieces, the black-and-white Paper Moon and Shampoo. He was credited with helping change the mostly studiobound look of features with the 1969 breakthrough film Easy Rider, in which he celebrated the landscape, making...
According to the RIAA Web site, Harvard has not yet actually received any of these letters. But Nesson said he hopes that they would go to court in order to “quash the subpoena” if they receive any in the future...
...veto. But the office carries huge symbolic importance, especially for the Turkish military, since one of the President's titles-albeit a ceremonial one-is commander-in-chief. The incumbent President, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, is a staunch secularist who was only too willing to wield his veto power to quash legislation and appointments he deemed too Islamist. As the ruling party, the AKP had a constitutional right to appoint one of its own to replace Sezer, and Erdogan came close to nominating himself for the job. In the end, he bowed out in the face of vigorous opposition from...
...actually increased the number of defenders we started behind the restraining line.” Nevertheless, Harvard once again succumbed to the early onslaught. The Tigers quickly demonstrated the form expected of the 13th-ranked team in the country, reeling off nine straight goals to quash Harvard’s hope of an upset. Ashley Amo and Katie Cox both scored for Princeton, followed by a three-minute span in which attack Kathleen Miller scored a hat trick for the Tigers. Princeton scored four more goals before the Harvard got on the board again. Finally, junior attack Tara Schoen stopped...
...negative feedback from his constituents. Greenfield said he received an e-mail from a former UC representative who was embarrassed over the UC’s “whimsical spending.” Despite such criticism, Hadfield said he remained confident that the success of the program would quash initial concerns. “I’m looking forward to boasting how many people are using the service after break,” he said, adding that the UC is criticized “every time [it] does something innovative.” The UC will...