Word: suppressive
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...will be pointless to plant it along the north wall,” the Viscount said. “That side of the house receives so little sun. Nothing will survive outside of a few weeks in June.”Felicity looked at him, making little effort to suppress her great annoyance. “You know that no one ever walks the grounds on the south side of the house,” she said. “If you wish to set up a small plot for your own personal amusement, then do so, but this garden...
...occurs], they're feeling distressed, and most people cannot make that movement voluntarily. So if you can't make it voluntarily then it's going to be impossible for you to prevent it because you're not aware of how to move those muscles, how to cause it or suppress...
...attorney for the the Mather House junior arrested for assault and battery in December has filed a motion to suppress evidence of statements, further delaying the start of his trial. Christopher “Kai” Wu ’09 is next scheduled to appear in court on May 5. Wu is charged with two counts of “assault and battery,” two counts of “assault and battery on a police officer,” and one count of “malicious destruction of property” for incidents that...
...fallen out with the rebels over their armed activities, but says the single battalion of Australian troops hunting them are wasting their time. "There are the hills, the mountains, caves, rivers to hide in. Indonesia had 18 battalions in Timor," he says, referring to the time Jakarta tried to suppress the Timorese independence movement, "and they never succeeded against the guerrillas in the forest." And, he says, the rebels enjoy popular support. "The local people will not tell them where they are hiding...
...Oscar failed it. At the top of nearly every critics' poll as the best film of all time, Orson Welles' debut movie was praised to the skies when it opened in 1941. But the resemblance of Charles Foster Kane to publisher William Randolph Hearst cued a campaign to suppress the movie, and Kane flopped in its initial release. In addition, many in the industry rankled at Welles' boy-genius rep and may have resented the freedom this first-timer was given by his studio, RKO. Under these circumstances, it's probably a miracle that the film received nine Oscar nominations...