Word: suppressant
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...psychologically dysfunctional relationships. Well-chosen musical accompaniment was indicative of a sophisticated production. The only blemish in an otherwise smooth performance was a minor set fiasco in the last act (in the Saturday night performance) which was dealt with quickly and professionally, although the charming Toder could not completely suppress a slightly out-of-character giggle. She recovered, the set was righted, the play ended and we emerged from the theater sadder, wiser and more secure in our own normality, reluctantly stepping back over the line into the real world. Dysfunction can be a beautiful and seductive thing, and Private...
...Harvard graduate student arrested for stabbing a local Cambridge teen last April has filed a motion to suppress statements he made to police and friends the night of the incident, claiming he was suffering from a concussion and post-traumatic stress disorder...
...delivered by admitting with shame that her 10-year smoking habit, which she kicked only last year, was founded on a belief that cigarette consumption would suppress her appetite...
...which is why the protesters gathered outside the event and the students who stood for minutes silently in the midst of the audience wearing t-shirts for justice in Taiwan, were not punished. Interrupting a speaker, however, is one person wielding his or her right of free speech to suppress another’s. An admonishment from the Ad Board—the likely punishment—is not unreasonable...
...tentatively suggested that perhaps antioxidants such as chlorogenic acid in coffee—one of the compounds that contributes to coffee’s flavor—may also help suppress the onset of type 2 diabetes...