Word: dissenting
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...critics say that Bourguiba, 84, who has ruled the small North African nation (pop. 7.6 million) since it gained independence from France in 1956, regularly conjures up foreign plots in order to justify suppression of dissent. Despite his age and frail health, Bourguiba's hold on power is virtually absolute: his Destourian Socialist Party holds every seat in parliament, most opposition newspapers have been shut down, and competing political parties are restricted...
Friedenthal said that a school's environment was affected by "any dispute that raises itself to the level where those involved begin to lose sight of the overall educational value of dissent...
Without mentioning names, John Paul continued his tough tone by taking direct aim at liberal moral theologians like Father Charles Curran, who is fighting his ouster from the Catholic University of America. Theologians, the - Pontiff said, must be subject to church authority, and bishops should make clear that "dissent and confrontation" are not acceptable from church scholars. John Paul also urged the prelates to step up efforts to "safeguard and promote" doctrinal orthodoxy at church-affiliated colleges...
...differences across the Atlantic, it achieved its goal. Lay Americans as well as bishops spoke eloquently to John Paul. "Your Holiness," implored Catholic Social Work Administrator Donna Hanson of Spokane, "I do not always feel that I am heard. In my cultural experience, questioning is generally not rebellion nor dissent." Such give-and-take is important to both sides...