• UAVs could be as effective as manned fighters at dropping bombs, air-to-air combat and silencing the enemy's air defences.

    ECONOMIST: ��Twas a famous victory, but...

  • So preparations for Barcelona have been the main concern ever since the draw was made, overshadowing league games and briefly silencing transfer gossip.

    WSJ: Paris Saint-Germain Dares to Dream Again

  • The destruction of the shrines in Timbuktu and the silencing of the country's rich tradition of music highlight the threat posed by the Islamists.

    BBC: Blues for Mali as Ali Farka Toure's music is banned

  • Klebnikov was the first American reporter to be murdered in Russia, and with his silencing the world lost one of its foremost experts on the vast and murky crossroads of Russian organized crime, Kremlin politics, Chechen terrorists, billionaire oligarchs, and the spread of Russian mafia conglomerates around the world.

    FORBES: Did Boris Berezovsky Kill Himself? More Compelling, Did He Kill Forbes Editor Paul Klebnikov

  • The technology is a form of gene silencing and could lead to a new class of medicines to treat a variety of diseases.

    FORBES: Inside Merck's Biotech Buy

  • If such silencing and reactivation takes place in naturally occurring genes, it could account for a lot of the variation between individuals and between generations.

    ECONOMIST: Genes are not all there is to heredity

  • But Mike Hussey hung onto a sharp catch at gully off the bowling of Peter Siddle to remove Kallis, silencing the Wanderers and ensuring the home side remain in a precarious position.

    BBC: S Africa recover after North ton

  • It's inscribed with the story of how Reese, captain of the Dodgers, "stood by Jackie Robinson against prejudiced fans and fellow players ... silencing the taunts of the crowd" during a game in Cincinnati.

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  • Even Daniel Rubinfeld, a former U.S. Department of Justice economist and an expert working on behalf of the NCAA, acknowledged in a March brief that a loss of licensing revenue could reduce how much schools spend on coaches and training facilities (cue the silencing of boom cranes across the Southeastern Conference).

    WSJ: College Sports and the Giant Albatross��Rachel Bachman

  • The pro-peace campaign has other troubles: the silencing of its most popular and respected spokesman.

    ECONOMIST: Israelis who say no to peace with Syria

  • In the first point back, Li injured the same ankle and hit her head as she fell, silencing the Rod Laver Arena crowd, which wondered whether it would witness what would have been just the second retirement in a Grand Slam women's final since 1968.

    WSJ: Azarenka Beats Li to Win Australian Open

  • In the first point back, Ms. Li injured the same ankle and hit her head as she fell, silencing the Rod Laver Arena crowd, which wondered whether it would witness what would have been just the second retirement in a Grand Slam women's final since 1968.

    WSJ: Azarenka Beats Li to Win Australian Open

  • Because it allows precise control of the activation or silencing of genetic traits, Dr Greenland and others are testing their molecular switches on such properties as insect or fungal resistance.

    ECONOMIST: Terminator genes

  • With Mozilla releasing a new version of Firefox every six weeks, and security updates scattered in-between these major releases, silencing the UAC prompts will be a welcome feature.

    FORBES: Mozilla Makes Firefox Updates Less Painful

  • Unsurprisingly, he is not enamoured with the proliferation of mobile phones and argues that staff in venues should be more pro-active about silencing those who disturb others - ejecting them if necessary.

    BBC: Who, What, Why: How do you stop mobiles in concerts?

  • Federer has now won five Wimbledon titles, five US Opens, three Australian Opens and one French Open, a triumph that will go some way to silencing those who claimed his career was on the slide amid the rise of world number one Rafael Nadal.

    BBC: Federer claims historic Paris win

  • Four out of five American households have at least one blue-and-yellow spray can for loosening the stubborn elbow joint under the kitchen sink or silencing the squeaky screen door.

    FORBES: Johnny One-note

  • Four out of five American households have at least one blue-and-yellow spray can for lubricating the stubborn elbow joint under the kitchen sink or silencing the squeaky screen door.

    FORBES: Greasy Coca-Cola

  • This year his students will work on silencing vibration in Wilson tennis rackets, extending the life of Easton baseball bats and streamlining the bobsleds of the U.S. Olympic team.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Miffed by two straight fouls against Luke Hancock when the 10th-ranked Cardinals trailed No. 12 Syracuse by a point with time running out, Pitino stomped on the sidelines as he altered his courtside wardrobe and his team responded with a late spurt for a 58-53 victory Saturday, silencing another huge Carrier Dome crowd.

    WSJ: No. 10 Louisville beats No. 12 Syracuse 58-53

  • It should go some way towards silencing critics who said that his individuality was being crushed in a sea of cover versions and pop puppetry.

    BBC: Will Young

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