Word: suppressant
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...conceded by the electoral commission are a tremendous psychological blow for Milosevic - he's been forced to acknowledge that he's not the popular choice for president - he retains considerable power. He may yet decide to tough it out, relying on the police and, if necessary, the military, to suppress opposition activity. Meanwhile, as he massages the election results to his advantage, he is probably savoring the possibility that an opposition boycott of any runnoff election might give him an opportunity to fraudulently reclaim the presidency. Mass protests may even prompt him to declare an emergency and call...
Relatively apolitical members of TIME's board--Wyss and Abby Joseph Cohen, head of the investment-policy committee of Goldman Sachs--are not so sure about that. They cannot suppress a nagging memory: five years or so ago, most economists were forecasting huge federal deficits as far as the eye could see--with as much certainty as they are now predicting giant surpluses for the next decade. Could the current optimism be equally off base...
...deploying them against half of the population would be untenable - it's a conscript army, after all, and the reason Milosevic actually bothers to hold elections at all is that he requires some measure of popular consent to rule. He may therefore opt for a runoff election, preferring to suppress some of his opponent's vote tally rather than inflate his own so that neither man registers more than 49 percent. Milosevic, also, is far from lacking in the requisite cynicism required to simply use opposition charges of widespread ballot fraud as an excuse to call another election...
...recent report on National Public Radio presented scientific evidence proving that the brain learns less effectively when a person has had too little sleep. This is something that, deep down, we all know; but we suppress the knowledge, and pride ourselves on scraping by in a state of sleep-deprivation. But every Harvard student, and every member of the Harvard faculty, should pause to consider the implications: as members of a scholarly community it is our business to learn, all the time; but if we know how we could learn better...
...purchasing downturn, launched their own intensive inquiry into the planes' electrical and fuel systems. While the scrutiny turned up no specific problems, the specter of the accident was enough to spur the company to implement numerous prophylactic measures - such as installing protective covering on wires and tools to suppress power surges - that would both serve to allay public fears and further narrow the possibilities for further disasters...