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Emergency medical technicians were carrying the student on a stretcher as police arrived to quell the disturbance...
However, by election day all this was put aside. Jackson won with 56 percent of the popular vote. The American people were able to quell any doubts they had about his moral character in favor of his policies and his "newcomer to Washington" approach...
...tried to quell student concerns about possible disciplinary action by noting, "UHS carefully protects the privacy of medical information and complies with all requirements of confidentially imposed...
...beauty, but I'm not particularly obese--maybe 20 lbs. overweight, most of it centered in my center. I've sweated on a StairMaster, gorged on cabbage soup, crunched ab trainers until my sides ached. Still, nothing suppressed those late-night hunger pangs. Willpower alone couldn't quell my urge for chocolate. I'd feel awful after every falafel, only to return the next week for another...
Lebed prevailed by force of will. After eight hours of strenuous talks with the rebel leaders, interrupted by frantic calls to the Chechen and Russian camps to quell sporadic fighting, he announced a breakthrough that he claimed would "terminate this bloody bacchanalia." A cease-fire would commence at noon on Friday, Russian troops would begin departing Grozny, and joint patrols would police the shattered city. In another couple of days, he promised to produce a permanent political solution to Chechnya's bid for independence. Never mind that similar plans have come and gone in the 20-month war. Claiming credit...