They often receive threats to hush up the capture of drug suspects because it makes the cartels look weak.

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Conservative Republicans have opted to keep their mouth shut during the election to help Bush win, but they won't hush up forever.

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Principals try to hush up crimes to avoid sullying the school's reputation.

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There was no way to hush up the affair.

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The end of a system which had allowed the big film companies to effectively control stars' pay and publicity, meant the studios could no longer hush up personal scandals for fear of damaging a star's reputation, says Mann.

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To believe this, you have to believe that the Bushies were both wicked enough to murder thousands of Americans and brilliant enough to execute such a mind-bogglingly sophisticated plot without a single leak in a culture where Richard Nixon could not even hush up a burglary.

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Hamilton says he failed tests, but managed to explain it away, or hush it up.

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She stands up and waits for the crowd to hush.

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For example, on "Hush Boy, " the album's first single, Buxton and Ratcliffe teamed up with vocalist Vula Malinga to create the song's melody over a basic track.

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