Word: authoritarianism
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...turning students away, with an authoritarian, "I'm sorry, you'll have to leave. I'm not allowing latecomers," Professor Bell says quite clearly that it is his position at the podium which is important to him, not teaching...
...argument can easily be made that the United States and Americans generally have more influence on South Africa and other right-wing authoritarian regimes through our international investment. It can also be said that the blatant racism in South Africa strikes a special chord in the hearts and minds of Americans which, in turn, demands special action...
...that all these domestic opponents might band together with the contras in one anti-Sandinista front. That possibility is dismissed by opposition leaders, though in recent months many groups have been emboldened by Nicaragua's dire economic problems, an unpopular military draft and the Sandinistas' drift toward an increasingly authoritarian rule. "Things were coming to a head," says a well-placed Sandinista. "This is a warning shot to the internal opposition. We are not going to be a self-destructive revolution...
CAPA'S CHILDHOOD WAS anything but normal. Born in Budapest in 1913 as Endre Friedmann, Capa had very little time to enjoy his Hungarian heritage before he was kicked out of the country for participating in leftist agitation against the authoritarian government. From the tender age of 17, Capa was by himself...
...emerging modern city at the beginning of the 20th century brought some bad living conditions and, considering Brecht was a Marxist, an intensified capitalism that had extended not only into the lumber mills but also into people's sex lives. The proletarian hero George Garga's change into an authoritarian lumber owner also points to the submerged importance of the individual and the increased importance of the social role in which the individual acts. Garga and Shlink aren't such bad guys, they are just destroyed by the lumber capitalist role that they are forced to play...