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36/4 Pages « ‹ [1] [2] [3] [4] › » - Wojciech Jaruzelski replied: "It is logical that if you talk about free elections, any outcome is possible." It represented a remarkable turnaround from eight years ago, when Jaruzelski imposed martial law to snuff out Solidarity. ( Quelle: AP 1989 )
- An overdue explanation of the company's sensible but modest ambitions in over-the-counter medicines should snuff out speculation of a big acquisition and rights issue. ( Quelle: Financial Times 1993 )
- Niehaus also said the leaders will talk about the problems of Panama, where U.S. troops helped snuff out a possible police coup on Dec. 5 and where the government has been struggling with labor unrest. ( Quelle: AP )
- Potential investors also cite the need to bring the telecommunications and banking systems up to snuff. ( Quelle: Wall Street Journ... )
- It would be 2 1/2 years yet before a breaking news story would finally burst that dam and snuff out all commercial programming. ( Quelle: Wall Street Journ... )
- To speed that process, the EC agreed on an aid package for its poorer members to help them bring their economies up to snuff. ( Quelle: Wall Street Journ... )
- A change in political climate in the Soviet Union could snuff out the project. ( Quelle: Wall Street Journ... )
- As further evidence of its popularity, the author cites Marie Antoinette, whose corbeille of wedding presents was said to have contained no fewer than 52 snuff boxes. ( Quelle: Financial Times 1992 )
- He doted on Watteau's delicately enigmatic paintings and collected ornate snuff boxes that have fetched $1 million apiece at auction. ( Quelle: Wall Street Journ... )
- The fire-fighting compounds are valuable because they snuff out flames while leaving no residue that would disable valuable equipment like computers. ( Quelle: AP 1988 )