Word: authoritarians
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Dobson has announced that if former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani—cousin-divorcer, pro-choice authoritarian, and most devilish papist—were to win the Republican nomination, he and a contingent of influential evangelicals would consider encouraging a man (inevitably) of better faith and adherence to the Gospels to run under the auspices of a third party. In spite of this group’s crucifix-rattling, Mr. Giuliani remains the Republican party frontrunner even in the South and even among the most devout Protestant conservatives just months before the beginning primary voting...
...answers got a lot mushier on several of the thornier problems he faces in his remaining 15 months in office. When Bush was asked about Russian President Vladimir Putin's authoritarian tendencies, he said in dealing with foreign leaders he tries "to be in a position where I actually can influence people, and one way to do that is to have personal relationships that, that enable me to sit down and tell people what's on my mind without fear of rupturing relations." In other words, like any subtle diplomat, Bush underplays disagreement and emphasizes consensus when dealing with autocrats...
...ended up buying a bottle of wine and drinking outside Adams with some friends the night of the decision. As I took a long, celebratory drag from my cigarette, a tutor approached and chided us for smoking, in a notably un-authoritarian...
...surprising, giving their authoritarian nature that antismoking reformers might object to children seeing images of heavy-smoking leaders like Winston Churchill or Franklin Roosevelt, but would have no qualms about youngsters being exposed to photos of tobacco-hating Adolf Hitler...
...officials have made similar promises. Liu even expanded his to include references to greater democracy and media freedom. Some optimistic observers abroad thought the government would be so careful to show its best side to the world in the run-up to the Games that it would ease its authoritarian habits. The Olympics could then be imagined as a journey to a destination where human rights, democracy and free media were well established...