Within the local councils, though, there is increasing dissent from the policy.
Although Putin's actions in Ukraine have been supported by the vast majority of Russians, there is increasing dissent inside the country about the growing evidence of a stealth war.
A6 Increasing Dissent in Britain There are increasing signs of alarm within the British government -- and in the country at large -- over the Bush administration's stepped-up rhetoric and over Britain's apparent acquiescence to the American position on Iraq.
While there are signs of increasing dissent within the Iranian government as sanctions begin to bite more deeply, there are also indications that existing sanctions have done all they can in this regard: Iran's oil exports are ticking upward after a long decline, and high inflation and unemployment have not produced mass unrest.
By 1978, the number of Amin's supporters and close associates had shrunk significantly, and he faced increasing dissent from the populace within Uganda as the economy and infrastructure collapsed from years of neglect and abuse.
According to Peirce, to say that a belief is true is to say that, if a certain operation is the subject of continuous scientific inquiry by the community of investigators, assent to the belief would increase and dissent decrease "in the infinite long run".
Rather, the growing number of protests and increasing political dissent in sub-Saharan Africa - whether tolerated by respective governments or not - could yet be an indication of a mature democracy.
Lipman, who joins the podcast from Moscow, notes that there have been increased crackdowns on dissent within Russia.
The crackdown on dissent increased this summer following allegations that hundreds of millions of dollars linked to a Malaysian state fund had dropped into Najib's personal bank accounts.
Professor Bonventre, the Albany Law School expert, said that divided decisions became more common in Judge Kaye's final years but that dissents increased further after Judge Lippman arrived.
