suppress •\sə-ˈpres\• verb 1. to put down by force or authority
2. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one’s authority 3.
control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires,
impulses, or behavior 4. put out of one’s consciousness 5. the
incidence or severity of or stop The word suppress has appeared
in 290 New York Times articles in the past year, including on
April 17 in “When Publicists Say ‘Shh!’” by Laura M. Holson: The
R&B singer Chris Brown and his publicist parted ways on March
22, the same day Mr. Brown shattered the window of a dressing
room during a violent tirade at ”Good Morning America,” photos
of which were quickly posted online. Eight days earlier, Gilbert
Gottfried lost his job as the voice of the Aflac duck after a
series of tsunami jokes on Twitter that his publicist now wishes
the comic had run by him. And Charlie Sheen’s longtime publicist
walked out in late February after the actor held forth in a
series of multiplatform stream-of-consciousness rants that kept
Americans agog fo