41.   There have been many repressive regimes throughout history.

42.   They have held the country together throughout its history and are the envy of peoples who live under repressive regimes.

43.   They say that travelers should not visit this country, once called Burma, because tourism dollars help underwrite its repressive military regime.

44.   They raise the specter of repressive regimes that attempt to control what their citizens hear or view on the airwaves, read in print or say in public.

45.   Unlike most repressive regimes, Islamic Iran holds regular, competitive elections.

46.   Ahlkmark also submitted the names of Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng and Rudolph J. Rummel, professor emeritus at Hawaii University, who has collected evidence on repressive political regimes.

47.   Bitter factional fighting followed that led to the repressive Taliban regime, which used brute force to ensure law and order and total compliance to its rule.

48.   Because of its repressive regime, the United States continues to veto any badly needed loans from the International Monetary Fund.

49.   But major democracies, including the United States, put economics ahead of human rights in failing to pressure repressive regimes to reform, the report said.