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Is it to be an open or a repressive society?

The nation once more was on the move, and seemed to be growing less repressive.

From where, within the repressive Soviet system, did such a man come?

"That so many people would like such a repressive society."

In this case, however, it seems to me the Court's position is the repressive one.

I hope that repressive measures will not be used against them.

Whatever happens to Iraq, it cannot become much more repressive.

The people are not happy living only in the present; it is repressive.

The church was seen as a repressive ally of the state.

Many others found their times at boarding schools to be repressive.

She should stop being afraid for him: that was repressive.

But they talk as though America were a miserable, repressive country.

Their regime is especially repressive for women, who, among other things, are not allowed to work.

We could still run the risk of a repressive society."

Yes, their system has been repressive, but it's opening up.

Yet their government was among the most repressive of them all."

And what's more, began repressive measures against the Americans already arrived.

The area's more recent history has been repressive in other ways and no less punishing.

It can open the door to a very repressive state."

It was killed by the most repressive regime on earth.

Particular attention must be given to the victims of the most repressive cultural, social and political systems.

By local standards, his regime is not all that repressive.

The government's repressive response played a role in building sympathy for the students.

That, in turn, might produce a repressive reaction from the military and the Government.

"The Americans cracked open a repressive military system and the people filled the space."