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- noun Plural form of
dissident .
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You have introduced a resolution in congress to support the dissidents, what you called the dissidents in Iran.
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Raping the families (including children) of dissidents is probably worse.
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Promoted to Headline (H2) on 2/28/09: War of Words re: China continues yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'War of Words re: China continues'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: GOP Congressmen join Chinese dissidents in criticizing Hillary Clinton\'s stance about human rights in China.
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The stupidest of their students become journalists, churning out illiterate attacks on dissidents from the Jewish religion.
Adolph Coulter David 2006
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The stupidest of their students become journalists, churning out illiterate attacks on dissidents from the Jewish religion.
Archive 2006-06-01 David 2006
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Contingents of the Revolutionary Teachers Movement, dissidents from the government-run teachers 'union, were regular participants as well.
October 2 is not forgotten - upsurge and massacre In Mexico, 1968 part 1: the youth revolt 2006
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At the same time, political pressures on dissidents from the “popular vision” increased.
Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer 2006
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Contingents of the Revolutionary Teachers Movement, dissidents from the government-run teachers 'union, were regular participants as well.
October 2 is not forgotten - upsurge and massacre In Mexico, 1968 part 1: the youth revolt 2006
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IRI – Promoting the expulsion of dissidents is facisism.
Think Progress » Bush Caught on Tape: “A Wiretap Requires A Court Order. Nothing Has Changed.” 2005
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Fiery dissidents from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia are drawn here by the generous asylum and immigration laws, and the traditions of free speech and “watchful tolerance” of troublemakers – policies which remain basically intact even after enactment of new antiterrorism laws last year.
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