Word: quelling
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...campus unrest of the late 1960s tested Tonis and his newly professionalized department. His quiet and steadfast leadership through the troubles on campus earned him the enduring respect of both students and faculty. Numerous times, HUPD officers helped quell riots in Harvard Square, and carefully policed protests in the Yard...
Numerous times HUPD officers helped quell riots in Harvard Square, and carefully policed protests in the Yard...
...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...