Word: smothers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...repression stifles dissent, can absolute repression smother it entirely? South African State President P.W. Botha seemed intent on testing the proposition once again last week. Since declaring a state of emergency in June 1986, the Pretoria government has virtually stamped out violent protest in black townships that for more than two years seethed with unrest. Under the 1986 proclamation, some 30,000 activists were detained, while thousands more fled into hiding. With all outdoor meetings banned and political funerals tightly restricted, even the most determined antiapartheid groups were close to paralysis...
...been with the various factions that seek to control the turf of America's political parties. New tribes wander in and displace older ones, struggling every now and then to capture the soul of their party. Only rarely does a leader come along who can smother factional rivalries and give definition to a party through the force of his own presence...
...going to be a battle of the quarterbacks. The smug traditions of Yale tailgaters will smother the Yale quarterback, and Harvard's clear and precise thinking will dissect the Yale defense," Sen. Timothy Wirth '61 (D-Colo.) says. "It seems to me the score will...
...generosity. "I see more than the bright windows of my new home," Aksyonov concludes. "I see its mildewed corners as well. I trust that if I point them out my new country won't throw me out." Not to worry. America tends to welcome its satirists, even smother them with ^ affection. In fact, the danger for Aksyonov is that, like sharp-minded emigres before him, he will become so fond of the place that his criticism will lose its bite...
...million tires, 40% of Jamison's inventory, blazed over 20 acres, forcing the temporary evacuation of about 25 families. As scores of fire fighters worked the hoses, a U.S. Forest Service plane dumped fire retardant, and a neighboring turkey farmer supplied 45,000 cu. yds. of dirt to smother the smoldering remains. "We worried, reading about some of the other tire fires," said Faye Jamison, wife of the junkyard's owner. "But we never dreamed it would happen here...