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Word: quell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mound was even stronger than in his Princeton performance, and Jenkins started his first game of the season and responded with a long triple to left, Meanwhile in center field. Singleton added yet another exclamation point to his outstanding all-around season with a diving catch to quell an Army uprising...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Harvard Baseball '77: A Tale of What's Coming | 7/8/1977 | See Source »

That set the stage for the decisive doubles matches as the Green won two out of three to quell the racquetwomen's upset hopes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetwomen Edged, 5-4 | 5/5/1977 | See Source »

...classic example of this came in the home half of the fifth. Tufts had the bases loaded with one out and was threatening to fell Harvard's 6-3 lead when the Crimson pulled out the Hoover and turned over a 6-4-3 twin killing to quell the rally...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Baseballers Cut Jumbos to Size, 13-4 | 4/19/1977 | See Source »

...Only heroes can quell tigers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Comrade Chiang Ch'ing Tells Her Story | 3/21/1977 | See Source »

...leftists had raped women, robbed banks, raided ammunition dumps, blown up factories, hijacked military vehicles and disrupted rail traffic. According to other reports, disturbances have also occurred in Hupei, Honan and Shansi provinces as well as in Fukien, where 12,000 troops had to be sent to quell followers of the Gang of Four, who were "disturbing the army" and "sabotaging the party's unified leadership." Radio broadcasts have also reported that "criminal gangs are threatening public order" in Chekiang province...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Hua's 1977 Resolution: More Purges | 1/10/1977 | See Source »

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