Word: smothering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Wenceslas Square in the bustle of mid-afternoon traffic, Palach carefully removed his overcoat, poured a small can of gasoline over himself and struck a match. Instantly, to the horror of several dozen passersby, he turned into a human torch. Despite a bus dispatcher's frantic effort to smother the flames with his overcoat, Palach's body was ravaged. He died three days later...
Around the Stump. The reason for the delegates' decision at Fort Worth was summarized by Dr. E. S. James, editor emeritus of Texas' Baptist Standard. "The school is too fine an institution to let it die or stand idle while public-supported institutions smother it," he said. A committee is studying whether other schools subsidized by the Texas Baptist Convention be made independent so that they too can benefit from Government aid. Other state conventions were not so forthright in dealing with the dilemma of federal aid. The Georgia Baptist Convention voted to let a church-run hospital...
...company rises to in splendid style. Not that they are ever in complete harmony with their set, or it with them, but the interplay beween the two is worth following throughout. And a few effects, like the monster silhouette constructed out of better than a dozen individual bodies, really smother...
...only score came late in the final quarter as substitute quarterback Bill Koenig hit Randy Wallick for an 11 yard TD pass. By that time, even the Harvard fans cheered.Harvard's massive defensive tackles, RICK BERNE (71) and LON KAPLAN (77), storm through the Dartmouth forward wall to smother substitute quarterback BILL KOENIG (14). Berne and Kaplan shared in the Harvard defense's complete containment of the Big Green last Saturday; Dartmouth was held to 75 yards on the ground and 119 in the air while Harvard walked off with a 22-7 victory...
Moreover, the convention produced some welcome reforms. The venerable unit rule, often used to smother dissent in party affairs, was summarily scrapped. A standing measure to encourage minority representation at future conventions was strengthened. Rebels challenging the regular delegations from Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi got full or partial satisfaction. Said one disgruntled Georgian: "The white conservative vote in the South is not wanted by the present party leaders...