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Party members seem to be keenly aware that that those who supported the crackdowns were quickly helicoptered into high-level positions.

Security is often invoked as a justification for harsh crackdowns on freedom.

These seem to flourish despite repeated government crackdowns and warnings about Internet-addicted youth and illegal music downloads.

Bashar, the president, swings between brutal crackdowns and vacuous concessions. That does not bode well for a dictator under pressure.

Meanwhile, despite all the crackdowns and criminal penalties, melamine continues to pop up in the country's dairy supply.

Crackdowns on polluters have had limited success in curbing China's ecological crisis . In an interview, Pan Yue discusses a new strategy .

He seems to prefer intellectual counteroffensives to decrees and crackdowns .

Analysts say Beijing often uses regulatory crackdowns as a tool for taking the steam out of a market.

Despite occasional crackdowns, it is hard to see how this logic can be reversed.

Brazil's tax take is going up, thanks to a booming economy, crackdowns on evasion and inflation pushing people into higher brackets.

In the face of these protests, the Qaddafi regime responded with brutal crackdowns.

The case against Tomato Garden could be the beginning of stronger crackdowns by the government on piracy.

But Kurds in Iraq and elsewhere have endured harsh crackdowns in pursuit of that dream.

Periodic crackdowns on back-alley or bargain surgeries attempt to keep the emerging industry in check.

Last month's marches for freedom and the violent crackdowns were not only documented but personalized into a story of mythic tragedy.

Recent years have seen general strikes, popular uprisings, military crackdowns and a coup in the country.

But it has gained growing attention from the Chinese public thanks to a spate of high-profile cases and government crackdowns.

Ishimaru confirmed the region has been the subject of harsh police crackdowns since the revolts kicked off in the Middle East.

International pressure led to periodic crackdowns by Chinese authorities.

Scientists working in tropical areas outside Brazil say they too are experiencing difficulties owing to crackdowns on potential biopiracy.

Traditionally only immigrant and small mom-and-pop businesses were willing to risk the city's intermittent crackdowns.

They fear that the economy is ' "beyond control" , prone to speculative excesses followed by clumsy crackdowns.

Price controls and crackdowns on hoarding might temporarily ease the inflation rate, but they cannot provide a lasting solution.

At the core of the solution are government-decreed industrial and traffic crackdowns.

Residents say Iran has periodic crackdowns after protests by conservatives that many women are flouting the dress code.

Despite the harsh punishments and periodic crackdowns, problems with food safety have persisted.

Tax crackdowns appear to be at the root of the shift.

In the report, Costa called on U. N. countries to shift law enforcement crackdowns from drug users to drug traffickers.

Periodic crackdowns on private-market activities certainly haven't helped either.

In sporadic attempts to keep his promises on security to Israel during the 1990s, Arafat ordered vicious crackdowns on Hamas.

A gang that murders people will be harried by civil injunctions and crackdowns on petty probation violations.

Its antics, they say, encourage official crackdowns on internet freedoms.

Paradoxically, most of gambling crackdowns these days involve online poker.

China is a leading source of fake and counterfeit goods despite repeated government crackdowns.

Still, publishing house editor Ye Xianlin says crackdowns by copyright authorities have helped cut piracy's impact on sales.

to speculative excesses followed by clumsy crackdowns.

Look at South Korea, or Taiwan: there had been so many crackdowns , so many prisoners.

China has the deadliest coal mines in the world, though death rates are declining after repeated safety crackdowns.

Did Gorbachev Know about Violent Crackdowns?

He ordered crackdowns that included a confiscation of private savings in late 2009.

In the 1980s he served as party chief in Guizhou and Tibet, where he oversaw crackdowns on pro-independence protests.

China has carried out Internet crackdowns on pornography, con artists and political activists in the past.

Crackdowns on tax cheating in America, Britain, Canada and Australia have netted billions of dollars.

Yet the party does not have a lot of choice, because of government crackdowns.

checking and crackdowns on violation of prohibited behavior announced by the conservation plan in wildlife refuges

There are many reports of crackdowns around Syria, despite the lifting of an emergency law last week