Word: repression
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...Argentina itself, Evita's tour was the talk of every town. Whether they considered her God's gift to the working class or a devil's advocate against the established order, the citizens of Argentina, who are Argentine first and partisan second, could not repress their pride in the First Lady's spectacular accomplishments...
...expect a better world when the people of a democracy just sit back and try to repress their anxiety ? The classic joys and sorrows are puny today; the laments of the poets are ridiculous. Men cannot be concerned with the age-old struggle for personal improvement when whole nations of men are face to face with destruction...
...very large extent the specific recommendations made by our church groups have been given effect. The basic conception of Dumbarton Oaks was that a few great powers would wield overwhelming military might to repress violence. The nations represented at San Francisco found that conception unacceptable. A few feared that the Great Powers would in fact agree upon a use of force which unguided by moral principles would be oppressive and unjust. Many more feared that the five Great Powers would be unable to agree among themselves and that the Security Council would be impotent as an organ for action. This...
...issue of academic freedom involving other men, Professor Beard resigned from Columbia with the statement: "I cannot repress my astonishment that America . . . has made the status of the professor lower than that of the manual laborer, who, through his union, has at least some voice in the terms and conditions of his employment." Next day the New York Times ran an editorial titled: "Columbia's Deliverance...
...guns of Camp Columbia were trained on La Punta fortress. Batista ordered the arrest of Colonel Pedraza and of Lieut. Colonels Gonzalez and Garcia, replaced them. Next morning all the rebels were in custody. To the Army and nation the President declared that it had been necessary to "repress" his Army and Navy chiefs because of their "attitude of sedition," but that "a deep crisis which endangered the stability of the Republic has been vanquished." Victorious, he motored back to the Palace, tired but smiling...