Word: suppression
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most memorable character: Rockefeller's father, William Avery Rockefeller, a backwoods mountebank and snake-oil pitchman whose history John D. tried to suppress. "Big Bill" Rockefeller, crack shot and con artist, claimed to be a medical doctor and, in the gullible towns of upstate New York and farther west, promised to cure any cancer for $25. Eventually, "Doc" Rockefeller (who made a habit of impregnating the servant girl at home) became a bigamist and started a separate family as "Doctor Levingston"--the name that appears on his tombstone. All his life, Big Bill loved money, and when...
...Joshua M. Elster have shocked the Harvard community. Whether or not the allegations prove true, Elster's arrest has served as a catalyst for overdue discussions about the prevalence of rape and date rape on campus and it has exposed the University's ability--whether intentional or not--to suppress sensitive, yet public information...
...They shouldn't try to suppress information," said Sonali...
Currently I'm on medication to suppress my overactive thyroid gland. The hope is that by taking my medication regularly and by doing my best to regulate my lifestyle, my thyroid gland will quickly begin to regulate itself as well. I figure my metabolism has to slow down eventually. After all, my Harvard experience will be going into remission starting in about two weeks. That might be just the thing my Graves' Disease needs to head into remission along with...
...maintains this perceived harm to a small portion of the community is "trumped by newsworthiness. It would have been worse for the whole community if we had to suppress the story...