Word: suppress
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...military and the fact that [Saca] feels the need to send troops to Iraq just to stay in favor of the U.S. government.” “The government of El Salvador is very much in league with the U.S. government, and is working with Bush to suppress Salvadoran people,” Stewart said, elaborating on Stroumbelis’ comments. One of the examples Stewart cited is the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which he said “only benefits rich corporations.” The “Salvadorans in the World?...
...most common forms of emotional imbalance--depression and anxiety--are so prevalent that they can properly be called epidemic. They affect people of all ages, including a large percentage of the elderly. Doctors manage them with antidepressants and antianxiety agents--the key word here being "manage." These drugs suppress depression and anxiety; they do not cure them or get to their roots...
This tendency is especially strong in young men, and civilization and technology cannot suppress it. There is something seductive about belonging to a tribe or herd—something missing in the anonymity of television and videogames. In the right environment and given the opportunity, many young men will choose to join gangs...
...Vries set up a distinction between between long-term and short-term solutions. While infusing democracy into a cultural fabric—a long-range project—will produce lasting result, he said, the introduction of basic freedoms into traditionally terrorist regions will suppress the threat in the shorter term...
...should’ve taught him some history: It’s been 170 years since the British Empire began their worldwide campaign to suppress slavery and the slave trade with military force. It was a lengthy effort that stepped on many, mostly African feet—specific to Ghana, they forced the Ashanti empire to stop slavery, live sacrifices, torture of enemy tribesmen, and myriad other barbaric practices. It’s true that everyone who was anyone had a slaving fort. The British, of course, but so too the Dutch, Swedes, Danish, even the Brandenburgers before Bismarck...