Word: suppressing
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...attempts by Israel's lobby in Washington to portray American Jews as united in their support for Israel's crackdown on the intifadeh and refusal to begin the talks with Palestinian moderates urged by the U.S. The Israeli government has gone to great lengths to discourage and even suppress criticism from American Jews, especially by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group that represents 45 associations. But those efforts are becoming increasingly futile. Says Albert Vorspan, senior vice president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations: "There is a gap between what American Jewish leaders...
...something to be said for the son's reluctance to join his father's battles. Quayle grew up golfing with his imperious grandfather and camping (gun in hand) with his volatile father, an opinionated owner- editor whose Indiana newspaper is known to its local critics as the Huntington Herald "Suppress." Young Danny kept his head down, his eye on the ball...
Moreover, today even Lincoln's action would be looked on with far more skepticism. Even if the union is democratic, it hardly seems to us today that it has the right forcibly to suppress the democratically expressed will of a minority for independence. If, for example, Quebec decided tomorrow to secede from Canada, the world would hardly countenance a Lincolnesque invasion of Quebec in the name of the Canadian federal union. Nor would Canada...
...Germany so readily. As to our political future, I see a collection, a federation of autonomous Lander ((states)), each of which has its own historical identity -- related to one another like members of a family, and eventually neutral and unarmed. A centralized German state has always produced tendencies to suppress cultural diversity...
...even last-ditch efforts such as these were not sufficient to suppress the true feelings of the Nicaraguan voters. Chamorro's campaign focused on assuring Nicaraguans that the vote would be secret and fair. Ironically, the lavishness of the Sandinista campaign may have also hurt its chances...