Word: suppressant
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...University, the kind of commitment that keeps a librarian behind the same reference desk for a quarter century, the kind of commitment that is pretty hard to come by these days. I’m no fan of the Progressive Student Labor Movement, but I couldn’t suppress the percolating wellspring of ironic indignation within my chest when the president spoke of the rarity of such service. Security guards and custodians, young Turks who age into sparkling-eyed old men after a lifetime helping fancy Harvard kids, are an endangered species around here—not because it?...
...tricky to spin that into a success, even with the considerable level of endorphins in my blood right now. When the moment of truth comes, I am pleasantly surprised. I have to follow the list up from the bottom several names (five) before I come to mine. Wow. I suppress a public victory whoop (I came in 40th! I came in 40th!) knowing that it would not be appropriate in the dead-serious atmosphere surrounding the results board. I save my reactions for later, quietly absorbing my place (and the places of my teammates) before moving...
...took a half an hour for firefighters to suppress the fire and allow fire investigators into the building...
...students] know we're not there to bully or harass them in such a way as to suppress the voicing of their opinions and issues," Riley told the Crimson last year...
...public interest does not arise from the ether and alight upon the shoulder of some wise Senator pulling his chin. It is defined by the rough clash of voices and forces and, yes, interests. Contrary to McCain, these clashing interests are good. The American idea has never been to suppress them but to pit them against each other and allow them to proliferate. The more they proliferate, the more they check and balance each other. Coal fights natural gas. Napster fights the record industry. Nader fights everybody. No one interest becomes paramount...