Word: abhorent
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Considering the complexity of both the problem and his plans to solve it, Carter's explanation was quite clear. He contended, perhaps a bit simplistically, that he faced only three alternatives: 1) to impose mandatory wage and price controls, which business and some union leaders abhor; 2) to induce a recession, which might reduce inflation but only at the cost of high unemployment and lower business profits; and 3) to set voluntary wage and price guidelines, with the Government using whatever levers of persuasion and economic pressure it can to see that they are observed...
...students are brought up on the classics of the English literary heritage, and there are constant letters to the London Times on the harmful influences of T.V. on children--especially the dreadful impact of detective shows from our linguistically degenerate cousins across the Atlantic. Just as nature abhors a vacuum, so English tutors abhor transatlantic jargon and the fondness for acronyms so prevalent in the U.S.--as caustic essay comments from my Oxford tutors would testify...
...They're saying that anyone's human rights can be taken away with the pull of a lever." It seemed more likely that Wichita voters were less interested in restricting the rights of gays than in blocking a community-wide endorsement of a practice they abhor. Sums up University of Chicago Theologian Martin E. Marty: "The American people have had and will continue to have a growing tolerance for homosexual expression. But there is a big difference between a growth in tolerance and a willingness to legislate homosexuality as a normative alternative...
Because the word intervention is abhor rent to Panamanians, who will be asked to approve the canal pacts in a referendum on Oct. 23, it does not appear at all in the text. Instead, the U.S. right to defend the canal against attack is cloaked in the seemingly ambiguous phrase, "The United States of America and the Republic of Panama agree to maintain the regime of neutrality established in this treaty...
...propaganda; 2) urge U.S. multinational corporations to raise the wages of their black workers, hire and fire on merit, and institute training programs for middle-level and management positions; 3) cut the hypocrisy and try to merge our diplomatic and economic policies in South Africa. We can no longer "abhor" apartheid and wink at our companies' double-digit returns on investments there, which are the result of the ridiculously low wages paid the African worker...