Word: quell
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...referring to the male instinct to act like Ralph Macchio’s character in the Karate Kid (before Mr. Miyagi’s tutelage) when under duress. (Example: ‘Sir, this is a family establishment—you’re going to have to quell the Macchio instinct...
Regardless of whether war in Iraq is morally right, much of the world remains unconvinced. But even the most airtight evidence would fail to quell global anger—because the protests are about more than just Iraq. They are also a venting of frustrations over inequality and globalization, consumerism and materialism, insecurity and social change and decades of inconsistent and hypocritical American foreign policy...
...across the Euphrates, but in that city too, fighting continues as Iraqi forces try to reinforce their defenses. Even as they prepare to tackle the Republican Guard units on the outer ring of Baghdad's defenses, coalition forces are also reportedly planning to deploy more of their resources to quell ongoing Iraqi resistance in the south, which has exceeded expectations and raised problems of harassment of supply lines to the Baghdad front...
...Still, Chinese health-care workers are unwilling to talk too openly; one Shanghai doctor reports that local hospitals were warned by municipal officials last Thursday not to speak to any media, even the state-controlled Xinhua News Agency. This muffling was mandated to quell public panic over the outbreak, says a Guangzhou journalist, whose newspaper received a gag order directly from the Central Propaganda Bureau in Beijing: "The party's biggest fear is social instability...
...Time a few months later. The two men met late at night in the back of Legija's late-model suv. Lukovic was wearing regulation fatigues and carrying two pistols; Djindjic was dressed casually and unarmed. Lukovic agreed that Milosevic "was history" and said he would not intervene to quell any uprising. "He looked bored," Djindjic added. Times have changed. Milosevic is long gone, on trial for war crimes in the Hague. But last week Lukovic, who has since left the special police force for the world of organized crime, allegedly felt Djindjic coming after him - and decided...