Word: smothering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Hudepohl was widely feared for his crunching defensive play at right end. The 6 ft., 3 in., 200 pound senior from Fort Thomas, Ky. consistently turned back end sweeps and often broke through to smother would-be passers...
...Council of Economic Advisers set oft" on a round-the-clock push to get out a "white paper" that would smother the steel companies' arguments for price increases. Administration lawyers got to null drafting an Emergency Steel Act that would roll back the announced increases for go days...
...among students; the free marketplace of ideas is not always infallible. On the other hand, squelching debate helps no one. It promotes suspicion of the Administration among the student body. It keeps students out of many issues that involve them. It makes many policies totally bewildering. It may even smother an idea or two that would contribute to a better final decision...
...team: with better luck, certainly it will not be a cipher.White shirts smother Crimson halfback...
...force rather than college. And like Gagarin, Titov was treated to a hero's welcome when he finally returned from his high-arcing trip. Khrushchev led Titov's pretty young wife Tamara to the Moscow airport to greet the newest Soviet spaceman and smother him with kisses. It was a gooey occasion. Thousands of Muscovites jammed Red Square to toast Titov as he stood saluting atop Lenin's tomb, while helicopters overhead rained tiny, multicolored pictures of Titov...