Word: suppress
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...witnessed a bizarre scene. As I crossed the Yard on my way to Lamont Library, I saw a dog stalking a squirrel while its owner stood close by. The dog crept forward stealthily, guided by an instinct that years of leashes and dog food could never completely suppress. Meanwhile, a crowd of bystanders gathered, titillated, perhaps, by the prospect of bloodshed, but at the same time confident that the dog would not succeed. Minutes passed. And then, with a rapidity and ferocity that shocked the onlookers, the dog pounced, caught the squirrel by its bushy tail, and proceeded to tear...
...were depressed as hell as we were doing this work," admits Kenneth Pollack, a co-author of the report. "It was not a fun project." Nearly all past attempts by outsiders to suppress civil wars have failed. The ones that succeeded - Bosnia, for example - required a ratio of 20 armed peacekeepers per 1,000 locals. In Iraq that would mean an international security force of about 450,000 troops, and that's excluding Kurdistan, which hopefully would remain stable...
Foreign affairs seem particularly apt to bring out a presidential capacity for hypocrisy. Kindly William McKinley, who used U.S. troops to suppress the fledgling Philippine republic in 1898, said he had prayerfully searched his soul before deciding it was his duty to "civilize and Christianize" the Filipinos. Theodore Roosevelt, who encouraged an insurrection in the Colombian province of Panama so that he could build a canal through it, liked to consult with Attorney General Philander Knox about the legality of his various aggressions, but Knox was not the sternest of critics. "Ah, Mr. President," he asked on one occasion...
...couldn't be certain she had been penetrated, Nifong dropped rape charges against the three students, leaving kidnapping and sexual offense charges intact. The next court hearings are scheduled for February, where the accuser may be asked to identify the defendants personally, and to hear a defense motion to suppress the accuser's original identification, which was made from multiple photo lineups that only included players...
...world have faced. "The three biggest issues in pediatric AIDS treatment have been adherence, adherence, adherence," says Dr. Katherine Luzuriaga, professor of pediatrics at University of Massachusetts Medical School. "Studies have shown that patients have to be over 95% adherent in taking their medications in order to continue to suppress their virus. One of the biggest issues overseas is going to be making sure the medical infrastructure and personnel are trained not only to administer the drugs but to conduct the follow up that's necessary to keeping these drugs effective...