Word: abhor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Wrote the New York Times's Anne O'Hare McCormick: "The remarkable thing is that the military commanders do not come back as conquering heroes. They come back as war-haters, successful soldiers who abhor the business in which they have been engaged. . . . These are conquerors who do not glorify war. . . . They are moved or outraged by human suffering. They are individuals, and they see other people as individuals. Their democracy is not only one of the head but of the heart...
...Romans on the law of a Christian: "Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cling to that which is good. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. . . . Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise...
...Estimates of the amounts expended on these airfields run as high as $500,000,000. As far as I could learn, we had no postwar rights of access to any of them. We do not seek dominance; we abhor imperialistic domination over native peoples; what we want is an even break. But in the islands of the Pacific and in other places there are many points which are essential to the military security of our country in this...
Scientists abhor anything that smacks of soothsaying, rarely let themselves get caught in a flat prediction. But into the serious studies of many eminently respectable scientists can be read some of the most fascinating long-range forecasting since Noah built the Ark. Such studies are the special province of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles,* which last week celebrated its third anniversary...
...protect castaways in shark-infested seas, the Navy announced a shark-repellent substance. A secret concoction which sharks abhor, it was developed by the Office of Scientific Research & Development in cooperation with Marine Studies, Inc., was tested in waters off Florida and Ecuador...