Both battalions' advances were blunted against the well-defended German positions and by early afternoon they had not advanced any further than their original positions.
Moving swiftly to blunt protests against the police occupation of the national university, Mexican justice authorities announced today that they have freed 654 of the 745 people arrested in the raid on Sunday that ended a nine-month student strike.
War turned out to be far too blunt an instrument against the complexity, volatility, and durability of Islamist violence.
In a bid to blunt the criticism against his leadership, Mr. Leung has sought the support of young people, who have become increasingly active in the past year in street protests, which have traditionally drawn more middle-aged demonstrators.
At the same time, House Republicans have made it clear they have no intention of bringing the currency measure to the floor, and the White House has given it a chilly reception, fearing it too blunt an instrument against China, which has slowly moved to increase its currency value.
It has also been shown that Tregs can blunt immune responses against HIV infection in vitro [17], [39] as well as other infectious diseases [21], [25], [40].
If attention is solely drawn to enhancing T cells while neglecting the potential "activation-induced inhibition", one may inadvertently blunt innate immunity against tumor.
But one thing it absolutely could not tolerate is any form of dissent that might blunt its best blow against Blair.
In 1960, he and Gustave Weigel wrote a book in an effort to blunt anti-Catholic prejudice against John Kennedy, "An American Dialog: A Protestant Looks at Catholicism and a Catholic Looks at Protestantism".
In supporting these lobbies, Google wants to blunt a growing movement against its controversial wearable device.
