Word: dissent
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...effect, by labeling those with the gall to question American global hegemony—whether in the academic sphere, the press, or the United Nations—anti-American, the in-party found a remarkably effective way of squelching dissent...
Also last night, the City Council approved without dissent the plan of a Harvard Square coffee shop to offer limited alcoholic service...
...group claims that Harvard’s investment in Unocal, an oil and gas company, is unethical and hypocritical. By conducting business in Burma, BAM argues, Unocal contributes to the human rights violations of the Burmese junta, which includes systematic rape, ethnic cleansing, and the stifling of political dissent. Thus, Harvard is guilty by association...
...deal of hope. But the more common analysis is that people in the West have left the Church because not only do they disagree with some of its teachings, they are not allowed to disagree out loud on questions such as the ordination of women. The closing down of dissent - which the new Pope had an active part in during his previous job - doesn't sit well with the norms of post-Enlightenment Western cultures...
...South African government's violent attempts to control black political dissent [WORLD, July 29] are doomed to failure. Ultimately the young black militants will be driven into the arms of the Communists, who will provide these angry and frustrated revolutionaries with guerrilla training and weapons. Then the bloodbath will really start. James Snowden Long Beach, Calif...