Word: suppressive
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...Chinese people have followed an austere life-style for so long that their desire for such items is hardly a surprise. Yet if Deng Xiaoping is to succeed in his Four Modernizations, he may have to suppress consumerism. The task of industrial progress will require that China's limited exchange be spent wisely. Rubik's Cubes, and similar products, may be the wrench in the cogs of China's revitalization...
When she came to the United States a little more than a year ago from Warsaw, the new transfer student had to suppress the instinct to always carry her I.D. in case she was stopped and had to overcome a fear of speaking on the telephone, she says. She still looked around to see if anyone was listening to her conversations whenever she ate out at restaurants...
Bower: Let me come out in a different direction. My concern is that I think we know fairly well what is needed in order to have a competitive economy. On the whole, you have to suppress consumption, you have to encourage savings, and then you have to invest selectively in those industries and companies where the returns are highest. My sense is that all central political instruments are designed to do the opposite. They are designed to redistribute in order to achieve some equity. And they are extremely sensitive to the perfectly legitimate needs of interest groups of various kinds...
...speech in which Walesa boldly rebuked the government. When the authorities decided to broadcast the incident on national television, thousands of sympathizers around the country took to the streets. Walesa and other opposition leaders contrived to dampen the fervor of the crowds, and the militia managed to suppress the dissent without much difficulty. Still there was a message in last week's outbursts: though Solidarity may be nonexistent on paper, it is still very much alive in spirit...
Evasiveness is another characteristic that foreign businessmen may encounter. The Japanese, who frequently learn to suppress their views out of deference to their seniors, often hate to be pinned down. Add to this the Japanese tendency to tell listeners what they seem to want to hear and a negotiator can easily go astray...