Word: tamped
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...threat to peace in the Balkans. But will American and European troops fight against the guerrillas? No Western forces are eager to be drawn into a fight with the guerrillas on their own turf. Instead, last week NATO enlisted the aid of its former archenemy, the Yugoslav army, to tamp down guerrilla activity. Two years ago, it was this army that stormed into Kosovo. "NATO is beginning to trust us," mused a Serbian official...
Autoimmune responses follow a similar course, but the cells targeted belong to the body. "Biological-response modifiers," as the new drugs are known, tamp down that response by blocking communication between the immune system's soldiers...
Autoimmune responses follow a similar course, except that the cells targeted belong to the body. "Biological response modifiers," as the latest drugs are known, tamp down that response by disrupting communication between the immune system’s soldiers...
...side, there's the realization that no matter how intense the violence, he's unlikely to persuade the international community to send in a U.N. peacekeeping force. Solidifying the diplomatic gains he's made over the past two months may now require that he act more forcefully to tamp down violence and return to the negotiating table with greater international backing...
Yasser Arafat may be having a hard time keeping Palestinian militants in line with his latest cease-fire agreement, but Ehud Barak could find his own plans to tamp down the violence being second-guessed by Israeli settlers. With Israel's deadline for an end to the violence due to expire Friday amid the noontime Muslim prayers that have often touched off fresh waves of rage, the tenuous cease-fire reached at Sharm el-Sheik is under new strain following a firefight that raged into the night near Nablus Thursday. The incident, in which one Palestinian and one Israeli were...