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Citations:put the boom down

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English citations of put the boom down

  • 2012 April 3, Ken MacLeod, The Night Sessions, Pyr, →ISBN:
    "Speaking of which," he said after a moment, "another suggestion I might have to field is to remobilize the God Squads." Ferguson had difficulty taking this seriously. "Boots in the pews? Sir?" "Boots in the pers, ab-so-fucking-lutely, old chap. Put the boom down on them, remind them who's boss. All in the name of protecting the congregations from terrorist attack, of course.” “I can't think of a bigger waste of resources,” said Ferguson.
SOP (Valder attributed the boom, putting it down to human nature)
  • 1974 07, The Bulletin:
    John Valder, chairman of the Sydney Stock Exchange, put the boom down to "human nature "and said of the report : "It has dwelt on the shortcomings and tends to overlook completely everything else." For him internal discipline on exchanges still seems useful. "We will investigate []"