Word: squelched
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Both the prosecution and defense agreed to try to squelch the media circus surrounding the O.J. Simpson case. They said they would not release the grisly photos of the victims, Nicole Simpson's medical records or the contents of a mysterious yellow envelope presented by the defense as evidence. Following the momentary harmonic convergence, both sides disappeared into a closed session with Judge Lance Ito, locking out the press. The trial is set to start September...
...little experience in domestic or international politics, the former collective-farm boss launched his bid for the presidency of Belarus by pledging that his first official act, if elected, would be to throw the Prime Minister in jail. Then he promised to ban private property, purge the government and squelch free enterprise. Finally, in a televised debate, he named Felix Dzerzhinsky, the ghoulish founder of the Soviet secret police, one of his most admired heroes...
Clinton's confident morning-after quarterbacking masked the fact that the raid was an effort to bolster a seriously flagging U.N. effort. The U.S., when it dominated the Somalia operation, had done little to squelch the warlords permanently, and the U.N.'s subsequent buildup had proceeded slowly. A promised contingent of 7,000 troops, including 4,000 from India, never arrived. As the weeks gave way to months, says Robert Oakley, the U.S. special envoy during the opening phases of Operation Restore Hope, "we kept telling Secretary-General Boutros-Ghali we were leaving, but he wouldn't take it seriously...
...ANOTHER WEAPONS-INSPECTION TEAM WAS DISpatched to Iraq last Friday, one more reminder of the International Atomic Energy Agency's failure to spot and squelch Saddam Hussein's budding nuclear warfare capability long before the Gulf War even began. Now, hoping to avert a similar embarrassment, the agency is headed for a different showdown with North Korea. The IAEA has warned the insular communist regime that if North Korea does not open its doors this time, the agency will bare its teeth and press for an unprecedented U.N. Security Council-backed "special inspection" of two buildings suspected of storing nuclear...
...could do for Bill Clinton is rip out this page and send it to Lovola Burgess, president of the American Association of Retired Persons (601 E St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20049). Otherwise, the minute Clinton proposes anything that would pinch affluent retirees in any way, the AARP leadership will squelch it -- along with America's chance to get its house in order...