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...Garrulous George the "influential Virginian" who was "privately pressing for compromise"? Madison turned to the editorial page. There George Shrill, his favorite neoroyalist columnist, was quoting Thucydides in the original Greek to argue that the 13 states needed the firm hand of a minor German princeling as monarch to quell "the unseemly clamor of mobocracy." A gossip item on the entertainment page provided Madison with his only chuckle of the morning: a Harrisburg film producer claimed to have signed Ben Franklin to portray God in an upcoming comedy...
...conducted under martial law and excluded all but token opposition candidates. Even by South Korea's standards of political legitimacy, the former army general was widely regarded as a usurper. In 1980 Chun was among those in the South Korean high command who ordered heavily armed troops to quell a popular uprising in the city of Kwangju, resulting in at least 180 deaths. He has been blamed for, though he was not personally involved in, a series of financial scandals, including several that implicated members of his family. "Because Chun lacked legitimacy, he had to build power through money...
Little relief is in sight for the exhausted residents of the northeastern Heilongjiang province. Light rain and snow, some of it natural, some induced through cloud-seeding techniques, failed last week to quell the blaze. While the construction of firebreaks covering more than 600 miles helped, a 14-mile chain of fires farther west continued to burn out of control. Chinese officials warned that strong winds could fan the embers in smoldering areas. Conceded a gloomy forest ministry report: "The prospect is by no means optimistic...
...agreement did not quell speculative interest in Allegis stock, which rose 4 1/2 last week, closing at 72 3/8. Several unidentified investors were believed to be amassing large holdings. United's pilots union, which wants to buy the airline, said the Boeing-Allegis alliance will not affect its plans...
...Western financial support will allow Jaruzelski to end the Polish recession--and quell the frustration of the people. The regime of Jaruzelski is on its way to a definitive stabilization and the West is strongly contributing to its success. Just like Brezhnev had foreseen...