Word: quell
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...Giornale, a leading national paper, Severgnini humbly [an error occurred while processing this directive] declined. He left journalism altogether to study law - his father's trade. A few months later, he came to his senses. Il Giornale's editor Indro Montanelli took him aboard and, as if to quell all Severgnini's provincial doubts, made the 27-year-old the paper's London correspondent. That London jaunt not only took Severgnini's fledgling journalistic career to the national level, but also gave him the material for An Italian in Britain, which became a best seller...
...Minister Mari Alkatiri resigned under pressure over violence in the nation's capital that has killed at least 21; in Dili. Ramos Horta, a founder of the ruling Freitlin party?although no longer a member of it?is widely seen as a unifying candidate who, it is hoped, can quell the political unrest that has rocked the world's newest nation since March...
...probe the deaths in Haditha. In a joint statement, the U.S. ambassador and the senior U.S. commander in Iraq called the soldiers' alleged acts in Mahmudiya "absolutely inexcusable and unacceptable." Officials say one purpose of their pledge to vigorously and transparently investigate and prosecute the crimes is to quell the calls from Iraqis, among them Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, to stop granting U.S. troops immunity from local prosecution, a notion that Pentagon officials consider "a nonstarter," especially in a country whose legal system is practically nonexistent...
Upon returning from Davos several days after the leak, Summers was greeted with a chorus of blame for the public embarrassment of Kirby. He had tried to quell the rising Faculty anger by compromising with professors on the process for appointing Kirby’s successor—a power traditionally exerted solely by the president—but even that did not placate his staunchest critics...
...conditioning and water, Shalala agreed to sit down and meet with UNICCO, janitors, SEIU, and students. The janitors who spoke to SLAM said they were dismayed that Shalala had held only two meetings and that no action has yet been taken by the university to quell labor unrest. Asher, though, recognized that change does not come overnight. “Folks here are prepared for a long fight,” she said. “Every week that goes by, the price [Shelala must pay for supporting UNICCO] gets higher.” —Staff writer Benjamin...