Word: dictatorship
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...Alliance was formed by probusiness interests to resist what it calls the CCA's "dictatorship," and its attacks have weakened an already troubled...
...detained them. We cuffed them," acknowledges the commanding officer, Colonel Mark Boyatt. "We did this without a whole lot of proof. But it was a very visible symbol of our presence. It convinced the people we were there to help them." For Haitians traumatized by generations of dictatorship, the Americans' unconventional tactics carry a most welcome and powerful magic...
...dilemma by making fun of its own genre. As the program notes, it is the year 2321, and the Earth's atmosphere has been "rendered uninhabitable." The former earthlings are forced to take shelter in an enclosed biosphere called Dome Federation One. Living under the reign of an oppressive dictatorship, they hold out for the elusive hope of a "New Earth...
Surely the most heart-wrenching human-interest story in the press recently was a cover article in Forbes magazine titled "The New Refugees." These miserable souls are not fleeing conventional forms of oppression, such as the famine, dictatorship, torture and murder that have caused millions to seek haven in the U.S. through the generations. These are rich folks who, according to Forbes, are giving up their American citizenship -- the very status boat people by the thousands are risking their lives for even today -- because (according to one quoted legal expert) they "can't pay the federal tax rate and live...
...upper house of the Russian parliament), who has better relations with certain circles in the West, was to come to power. The next step was to launch an attack against the Army and provoke unrest. The final stage was supposed to be the establishment of a liberal dictatorship next spring...