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...group was placed in two rows at right angles to Nixon and the Holy Father, who were seated side by side. The Pope was making a graceful little speech when suddenly smoke came pouring out of Laird's pocket. To quell the fire caused by his cigar, he started slapping his side. Some of the others whose angle of vision prevented them from grasping the full drama of the Secretary of Defense immolating himself in front of the Pope took Laird's efforts at fire extinguishing as applause, into which they joined. Only wisdom accumulated over two millenniums...
Volck' er i za' tion, n. 1: a process of money management whereby interest rates are kept high at a time of deepening recession; 2: a reliance on tight monetary policy in order to protect the value of the dollar abroad and quell inflation at home...
...legion of financial matadors would have been needed to quell the stampede of gold bulls, who in five days of frantic trading last week boosted the price to nearly twice as high as it was only 21 months ago and three times as high as 38 months ago. In London, one frazzled trader termed the heated bidding "wild and irrational." It was no less so at the International Monetary Market in Chicago, where a record 31,591 contracts were posted on Thursday. Buyers also rushed for other precious metals. Silver approached $12 per oz., up from $6 at the beginning...
...time when the Red Sox need some surprises and positive reinforcement to quell the critics' questions, Scott and Lynn are becoming the answers. Neither performed well last year, and Lynn has been limping along with sore ankles and bruised knees and crushed elbows since 1977. Then Lynn asked for more money, and Scott wanted to sit out some games because he was "tired," and all the radio talk show types started talking about "attitude...
Furthermore, in order to quell fears of a witchhunt, the commission has set up strict rules of procedure concerning its handling of disclosure forms. Investigations by the commission remain confidential. Any breach of that confidentiality carries a fine of up to $1000 or one year in jail or both. While the files are open to the public, anyone requesting information about an official must leave his name with the commission, which forwards the person's identity to the official whose statement was examined. Some defensive administrators suggest that anyone rummaging through an official's files should also be investigated...