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Word: quell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thendara 50 miles north of Utica. N. Y., State troopers had to board the train, quell Porter Smith by threatening to use tear gas bombs," the editorial adds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 8, 1931 | 6/8/1931 | See Source »

...train. Armed with a ventilator stick and an emergency fire axe, the Negro felled five passengers and three of the crew as the train rushed through the night. At Thendara, 50 mi. north of Utica, N. Y., State troopers had to board the train, quell Porter Smith by threatening to use tear gas bombs. The train was delayed more than an hour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: In a Pullman | 5/11/1931 | See Source »

...Crimson is far from overconfident, however, as the Hanoverians, despite their 9-2 defeat by Yale, are considered as powerful. Devens, who collected a 2-1 verdict over the Indians last spring, is slated for mound duty, but Coach Mitchell will keep MacHale in readiness to quell any Indian uprising...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD NINE TO VISIT BIG GREEN AT HANOVER | 5/2/1931 | See Source »

...Yale boys just counted the taps on his typewriter and with rapid manipulation of their fingers were able to decipher the opinion of the blind Homer on the subject at hand. The resulting standard of infallibility was, of course, of short duration for the authorities took steps to quell such intellectual insubordination. Too much perfection in a Yale man, they realized, was a dangerous thing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LIGHT THAT FAILED | 3/28/1931 | See Source »

...Southern Revolution" at Arequipa (TIME, March 2). No. 2 was the "Naval Coup," when transports loaded with troops to quell the "Southern Revolution" were held up by their battleship escorts and President Sanchez Cerro was forced by navy officers to resign (TIME, March 9). No. 3 last week was the "Military Coup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERU: Whirligig | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

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