Sentence examples for quelling violence from inspiring English sources
With just two Humvees and a Zodiac they were remarkably effective in quelling violence in a large area.
Col. Kurt Pinkerton, the former American battalion commander who oversaw the Awakening program established west of Abu Ghraib last year, said it was critical to quelling violence.
"While our troops are quelling violence and defeating terrorists in Baghdad and throughout Iraq, Democrats in Washington are trying to choke off funds for our troops in the field," said Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader.
Ambassador Crocker drew a distinction between the effectiveness of the American military buildup in quelling violence and the influence the United States could bring to bear at a political level.
Those were code words, administration officials said, for an appeal to the Palestinians to choose a new prime minister who could succeed where Mr. Abbas could not in wresting control of security forces from Mr. Arafat, quelling violence against Israelis and making it possible for Israel to ease its grip over the West Bank and Gaza.
White House officials said today that it had become clear within the last few weeks that Mr. Abbas would not survive as prime minister, a situation which led Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to call on Mr. Arafat for help in quelling violence after a suicide bombing in Jerusalem last month that killed 22 Israelis.
He pursued Mormons in the Utah Territory and quelled violence over slavery in Kansas.
The ambush undermined hopes that the killing on Tuesday of Saddam Hussein's two sons would quell violence against American forces.
The GOL does not have the ability to quell violence, monitor its borders or operate independently to fight crime.
Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago to quell violence at Pullman's railroad car facility, despite the objections of Illinois Gov. John P. Altgeld.
And it took part in a decision to send civilian experts to Kenya before elections last March to help quell violence.
