Word: quell
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...quell the impression that he's an élitist...
That's been a major embarrassment to Ethiopia and, by extension, the United States, which supported Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's decision to invade, on the premise that it would quell the deepening Islamic fundamentalism that seemed to be taking hold. So far, events in Somalia suggest that it has had the opposite effect, driving moderate factions of the Islamists out of the country and shifting power to the best-armed and most hardline among them...
...India are now selling to the highest bidder. That means a lot of Indian rice that was once sold domestically is instead sold abroad for higher prices - which in turn drives up domestic prices. The government, in an effort to keep as much rice as possible at home to quell inflation, has banned exports of nonbasmati rice and adjusted price controls to discourage exports of aromatic basmati rice. "In desperation, the government is trying to isolate the domestic market," says economist B.B. Bhattacharya, vice chancellor at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University...
...students to attend college, and thus needs to take action against these trends. Ted Kennedy ’56 (D-Mass.), and other leading Democrats in the House of Representatives have begun to take the necessary steps. Kennedy and his political colleagues should be commended for trying to quell the growing tendency to opt for private rather than federal loans with a new bill called the “Strengthening Student Aid for All?...
...UNICEF’s emergency response to situations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. De Waal said that despite the continued violence, there has been no attempt from other countries to establish political stability in Chad. The European Union approved a peacekeeping force in January to try to quell the fighting. But, according to de Waal, “I think it’s impossible for that kind of force to make any progress without there being a political process.” The conflict and refugees both in Darfur and in Chad have spilled over their respective...