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  1. 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 )

  2. 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 )

  3. 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 )

  4. Potential investors also cite the need to bring the telecommunications and banking systems up to snuff.  ( Quelle: Wall Street Journ... )

  5. 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... )

  6. 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... )

  7. A change in political climate in the Soviet Union could snuff out the project.  ( Quelle: Wall Street Journ... )

  8. 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 )

  9. 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... )

  10. 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 )