"stilted"

[Towse]

On 3/5/07, Charles Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:
> A syndicated "opinion" column by Michael Goodwin of the _NY Daily News_, as printed in the _Athens (GA) Banner-Herald_ this morning, contains this clause:  ". . . Bush's failed presidency has stilted all debate into a knee-jerk response." "Tilted"? "Stifled"?
>
> (Google tells me that the actual date of the column is March 2.)
>
> --Charlie

Could be a typo. Happens. My vote goes for "stilled" as in there is no
debate, there's only knee-jerk response. "distilled" might be a better
word.

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