1.   It was an image reinforced by her late husband, the publishing magnate Robert Maxwell, to quash her attempts at independence and establishing a career of her own.

2.   Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, D-San Francisco, quashed an attempt to bring the Speier measure to the Senate floor.

3.   The NBA quashed an attempt by one of its since-gone franchises, the Cincinnati Royals, to sign him.

4.   The US move was designed to quash attempts by Russia, China and France to lift sanctions on Iraq in the wake of the American bombing campaign.

5.   Outside, crowds were kept back and police quickly quashed any attempts at spontaneous mourning, alert for any sign of emotion that could trigger unrest.

6.   The coup attempt was quashed without bloodshed.

7.   But in two consecutive speeches delivered on the same day, Bush promised to quash any attempt to ease up on the Castro regime unless it undertook meaningful reforms.

8.   Six were killed and five were captured as the attempt was quashed.

9.   The Israeli army on Monday quashed an attempt by radical Jewish nationalists to expand a settlement near the Palestinian-controlled West Bank city of Nablus, officials said.