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Demographic changes are making that community less dogmatic, even through the Castro regime remains an oppressive dictatorship.

In other words, markets were impersonal, but that was good, because sometimes personal ties were cruel and oppressive.

And of course there is the truly bad touch that is humiliating, oppressive and often painful.

After all, what can I do about such oppressive policies and actions overseas?

Some of those oppressive systems are found in the Church itself!

Whether advocates and orators had liberty to plead in causes, manifestly known to be unjust, vexatious, or oppressive?

Oppressive laws compel me to pay a portion of my hard earnings to support them in their pride and indolence.

The thermometer now ranged between 87 and 89 degrees and the weather was consequently extremely oppressive and sultry.

The majority, no doubt, would gladly retain him; but there were some to whom his presence was oppressive.

The air is oppressive with tobacco smoke; the boisterous talk of the men playing cards near by annoys me.