Word: repressive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...1930s, May holds, there was not so much of this sex-based anxiety, especially in the U.S., and neurotic anxiety then seemed to stem mainly from repressed hostility. Since World War II, Dr. May contends, there has been another change: most of the anxiety that he sees in practice comes not from repression of instinctual drives, but from the fact that too many people feel that life has lost its meaning for them. This, he argued, brings normal, "existential" anxiety to the surface. Nowadays, when people first sense this normal anxiety, they may still repress it, and consequently develop...
...begged, "Do stop it, do stop it, Bonaparte." Josephine's maid, Mlle. Avrillon, recalled, "We could estimate the degree of his good humor by how much he hurt us. One day when he was obviously better pleased than usual, he pinched my cheek so hard I could not repress a scream...
...long, shameful list of "crimes" against the state invented by totalitarian rulers to repress their subjects, Red China has added another: spirit-crime...
...hours Rome police did, but with tact befitting a nation anxious to remain the world's No. 1 tourist attraction. A "strict and precise" directive to police noted that under Article One of the Concordat between Italy and the Vatican state, "police are obliged to prevent and repress any abuse against morality. Those found in succinct clothing will be gently invited to leave and to dress themselves with greater decorum. In cases of resistance, they will be identified, reported to their respective embassies and prosecuted...
...planet men of every color and background are awakening to the immeasurable worth of a free way of life. They are coming to know that through education and enterprise this free way of life can be possible for all. They are revolted by the brutal use of force to repress freedom under totalitarian dictatorships...