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Word: oppositionless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...been carrying on a clumsy feud with the country's traditionally free-swinging press. Last week Rojas discovered that he had stumbled again. His latest press-muzzling maneuver, an attempt to fine two of the country's largest Liberal dailies (El Espectador and El Correo) into oppositionless silence, had backfired. Rojas found himself faced by a "Freedom of the Press Fund," supported by public subscription, to pay the penalties, should he decide to levy similar fines in the future...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLOMBIA: Opposition As Usual | 1/9/1956 | See Source »

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