11.   Opponents regard him as a shrewd backroom operator who tolerates no dissent.

12.   The emphasis on commerce, combined with religious traditions that tolerate little dissent, also contributes to the political conservatism so prevalent in the Hispanic community.

13.   This means a stable political environment that tolerates dissent rather than slapping opponents in jail to serve as car-battery testers.

14.   What role can law play, they would ask, in an authoritarian state whose Communist Party government does not tolerate dissent?

15.   Presently, little dissent is tolerated.

16.   Political dissent is barely tolerated.

17.   Political dissent is not tolerated, the press is state-controlled and international human rights groups have consistently given Karimov low marks.

18.   Backed by the powerful military, Suharto established his New Order regime through which he tolerated little dissent in the pursuit of political stability and economic growth.

19.   But participants have said they are allowed only to rubber-stamp clauses proposed by the military, which tolerates no dissent.

20.   Dissent is not tolerated.