Word: abhorent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...question is mainly sentimental. There can be no doubt that the French Catholics as a whole desire to be represented at the Holy See; and what they want the Government must sooner or later give them. There is equally no doubt that many French Catholics abhor clerical interference in State matters as much as the anticlerical Government; and it is thus apparent that there is no conflict of interest in maintaining national representation at the court of the Pope and denying Catholic clergy in France the right of playing politics...
...China in 1163 and were allowed to open a synagogue at K'ai-feng Fu in 1164, since when they have enjoyed the protection of the authorities. Persecution of the Jew is relatively unknown in China; but they nevertheless keep very much to themselves, most probably because they abhor the Chinamen's pet food, the pig. They are known to the Chinese as "the sect of those who take out the sinew," which refers to their peculiar method of preparing meat in order to make it kosher...
...much as I abhor giving any publicity whatsoever to that sterling citizen, Mr. Delcevare King, I should like to bring out one point which seems to have been overlooked in all these discussions over that admirable word "scofflaw", Mr. King's great claim to fame...
...America has always been and should continue to be a friend to all nations", said Admiral Benson. "In order to continue to exert our powerful influence for good, we must be in a position to assert ourselves. We should abhor force, but we must be ready for what may come...
...main trouble is that many, many people are forgetting the fundamental evil: overemphasis. All abhor subsidization and abuses present now; yet few will make any changes to minimize the importance of athletics. The "Times", in an editorial yesterday: "If all college students were 'gentlemen' we should need no rules at all."--a statement true but also common knowledge. And one reason is that colleges are for some absurd reason judged by athletic teams; so that men who are not gentlemen in the best sense go to college to achieve athletic reputations and perhaps a degree; so that alumni may back...