tyrannies

It signals the opposite now, an end to the freedom of summer and flexible days, and a return to the twin tyrannies of timetables and teaching.

August Propter Doc 2009

That we have such transparent tales of "disappearance" (a la the old Latin American tyrannies) to report, and that Eggers's self-consciousness has disappeared in this miasma, should tell us all we need to know about the state of our democracy.

Anis Shivani: The 10 Best Books of 2009 2009

"What you call tyrannies I call defending the public domain," replied

Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West Hamlin Garland 1900

And finally there are those governments defined as tyrannies.

Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

And finally there are those governments defined as tyrannies.

Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

And finally there are those governments defined as tyrannies.

Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

And finally there are those governments defined as tyrannies.

Sands of Empire Robert W. Merry 2005

Nor do I think that many Canadians are deceived by those who call the tyrannies they have established "people's democracies" or who practise racial and religious persecutions while they preach what they call "human rights".

Canada in 1953 1953

And it is absolutely amazing always to realize that in little country, Kyrgyzstan, for instance, until recently not exactly in the news, women are the ones that really have the courage to fight the censors, to stand up to the kind of tyrannies in small societies that you don't hear of.

CNN Transcript May 14, 2005 2005

But it's tough when a reporter is in a rush or when the newsroom demand for balance one of many newsroom "tyrannies" shapes a story in ways that hide real meaning.

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