Word: quashing
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...Prices for emeralds in Japan have more than doubled in the past two years, and a dealer can be assured of at least a 20% profit on even an inferior stone. But none of that does much to help the Colombian government. It must either find a way to quash the esmeralderos or accept the frustrating fact that its vast gem deposits add up to nothing more than a green elephant...
Guillaume, according to the rumors, had said that he would release his information unless Brandt let him return to East Germany without extensive interrogation. In a national television address, Brandt attempted to quash these reports, but only added to the confusion when he said: "There were indications that my private life was to be pulled into the speculation on the spy case. It is grotesque to think that a German Chancellor can be blackmailed. In any case, I cannot...
...dissident author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the independent journalist I.F. Stone. Despite what would be sharp disagreements on specific political issues, both Stone and Solzhenitsyn have worked for the preservation of free expression and the steadfast defense of political liberties in their respective homelands. Richardson has shown himself willing to quash democratic movements in Southeast Asia, if need be through the indiscriminate bombing of people's homes, farms, and entire cities...
...alternately laughing and crying, waited for 73 prisoners to walk-or be carried-out. One man had been in Caxias 21 years, but about 50 were among a group of influential leftists that had been locked up only one week before in the government's frenzied attempt to quash dissent. One ugly rumor about Caxias was confirmed when liberating soldiers discovered a torture building, mute evidence that will no doubt back up the testimony of the prisoners who visited it. "Every night we would hear the trucks rumbling past our windows, taking prisoners to the torture building," said...
...academy, Sareya was opposed by guards and students who managed to quash the coup attempt, but not before eleven were killed and 27 wounded. By week's end the government had arrested 75 plotters: 16 young cadets, two navymen and 57 university and high school students. Libya's Minister of Interior Major Khweidly el Hamidy rushed to Cairo to piously insist that his government had nothing to do with the coup, but Sadat did not believe him. The Egyptian President gave him a tongue lashing that sent him scurrying back to Tripoli. Then Egyptian officials claimed that under...