Word: suppressions
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...response of Murdock Middle-High School’s administration was far more out of line than its own students. High schools are notorious violators of student civil liberties, and we hope schools learn to better promote the values of dissent and free speech—rather than suppress those qualities in its students...
...falsely claims it as a “renegade province” of the “sacred motherland,” and intends to eventually “liberate” the island at any cost. Wen and his officials consistently tout the threat of war and suppress Taiwan’s international activities. The PRC’s tactics of intimidation and intentional manufacturing of fear are not only unwarranted, but could themselves constitute formal aggression of the regime against a democratic and sovereign nation...
...never knew much about his life as a veteran because he rarely spoke of it, even after he finally opened up—he could at least suppress what he would rather forget. I suppose that’s how many combat survivors cope, especially those who returned home before psychiatry and medicine were better tailored to their fitful unease...
...shares some of his gifts with other Australian-bred stars, from Nicole Kidman to Hugh Jackman, who have lately taken over Hollywood. They must hide within plain sight. Plain sound, rather: to suppress their native whine, they have to "act" every time they open their mouths. Yet like the rest of the world, the Aussies have been casing Hollywood movies since childhood. Because they know the territory, they can infiltrate an American character with a cat burglar's suaveness: entering without breaking...
Defenders of abortion rights tell us that they are feminists, that they are concerned with what is best for women and that they are defending rights that every woman deserves. When one learns that these groups suppress initiatives and organizations that seek to give women a free and informed choice, however, the rhetoric rings hollow. Only when “pro-choice” activists recognize the necessity of informed consent, when they genuinely support parenting and adoption as realistic and viable options, when they act in the interests of the woman facing the most difficult decision of her life?...