Word: suppress
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign to suppress dissent is unmatched since the Sandinistas took power in 1979. Two weeks ago, Roman Catholic Bishop Pablo Antonio Vega, a critic of the regime, was forced into exile in Honduras. The move drew sharp criticism of the Sandinistas from Pope John Paul II during his pastoral visit to Colombia last week. The Pontiff delivered a speech declaring that he found Vega's expulsion a "nearly incredible act" that was reminiscent of the "dark ages," when priests in Latin America were persecuted. Vega, the second-ranking Catholic prelate in Nicaragua, was taken to the Honduran border by Sandinista...
...which has great potential for raising the political awareness of the student body can run the risk of generating nothing more than unproductive belligerence, contributing to the deterioration of the political climate. No cause is so important that tolerance of opposing views should be abandoned. We must try to suppress our emotions...
...Porter was asked to give a speech about competitive behavior couched in terms of NFL and USFL," said Laura Steinberg, Porter's attorney. "In that talk Professor Porter had been asked what ways NFL could suppress the USFL...
...principles, Gaddafi eliminated all private enterprise, all rental properties, and froze bank accounts. He mandated the creation of so-called People's Committees, which were meant to institutionalize the Koran's concept of consultation. Today the committees run virtually all aspects of Libyan daily life and help suppress any opposition to the regime. By 1978 Gaddafi declared that Libya had become the first jamahiriyah, which means a state without a government, or a people's state. Gaddafi subsequently resigned from his official positions and took for himself the title of Leader of the Revolution. Despite the vagueness of the designation...
...feels that she has been psychologically or physically taken advantage of, but she forces herself to suppress the feelings of guilt and anger associated with that victimization, experts say. She says to herself that she is being hysterical, that it was her fault, that she didn't say no forcefully enough...