Word: abhor
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...more freely, including passing them along to parents in the form of vouchers for private or charter schools. But in exchange, Bush demanded mandatory state testing from grades three to eight and participation in standardized national math and science tests - a big footprint of federal interference that orthodox Republicans abhor. Bush, however, figures that a bit of Big Brother can be useful, and he figures parents, who tend to put their kids? futures ahead of slash-and-burn ideology, feel the same way. To win, Bush?d have to run to the center anyway - he?s just starting early...
This may seem a familiar story. "Cluster bombs obviously have effects similar to land mines," said Marissa A. Vitagliano, coordinator for the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines. "We abhor them." Vitagliano agreed the situation is hauntingly reminiscent of the damage inflicted by the fields of abandoned land mines that remain around the globe...
Congratulations on that beautiful Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman cover [CINEMA, July 5]. Be not dismayed by the flood of letters you get that will berate you as a purveyor of pornography. People who abhor the sight of beautiful human bodies are possessed by either a dirty mind or envy. GEORGE ZINNEMANN Annapolis...
ALTERNATIVES. For those who abhor public transportation and are too efficient for foot travel, there are other options. Privileged undergraduates can park cars in the DeWolfe, Peabody Terrace or Business School parking lots for an exhorbitant fee. Jordan E. Brand '00 and Steffen Buschbacher '00 find that access to a car Brand's parents') in the Quad "makes visiting friends by the River much easier." Skateboards and Rollerblades come out of the closet when the weather is decent. For most Quad residents, however, biking provides the most convenient and accessible mode of alternative transportation (if the least skirt-friendly). Significantly...
...Palestinian Authority, YASSER ARAFAT has agreed to postpone the declaration of Palestinian statehood he has repeatedly threatened to make on May 4, the date the interim Oslo peace accords expire. The timing became problematic once the Israelis scheduled elections for May 17. As much as Arafat may abhor the idea of allowing Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYAHU to crow that his tough positions forced the Palestinian leader to back down, he fears a declaration would inflame Israeli passions and thereby help Netanyahu's re-election efforts...