Word: abhorent
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...context of the unfortunate reference was this. I said that although many students are unhappy and feel unwilling to tolerate social and political conditions as they find them in this country and although they abhor the war and are impatient with the slow progess the nation is making in correcting racial injustice and eliminating poverty, the large majority of our students do not feel that the way to correct these ills is to disrupt the University. I went on to say that the student body is made up of perceptive and reasonable people, that it is my belief that only...
...other side of the coin is that to many fans good pitching means dull baseball. Some may appreciate perfection, but more abhor monotony. Already this season there have been 176 shutouts in the majors-including 44 games with 1-0 scores-and attendance around the big leagues is down 4% from 1967. "I'm tired of 1-0 games myself," says the Angels' Fregosi, whose suggested remedy for baseball's power failure is to eliminate the mound and make pitchers throw out of a waist-deep hole...
...describes his style as rationalistic. "I abhor the artistic, intuitive approach," he says. What do the two different approaches mean to the non-architect...
...government agencies can afford to be selective about what ideas they choose to adapt to their needs--and how they adapt them. Thus, many professors find themselves whistling into the wind--and a smaller, but more disgruntled bunch must watch their contract research service long-range goals they abhor...
Partly through awe, partly through fear, partly because Gordon will not take no for an answer, a long and covert chain of news sources in and around Detroit's city government provide him with muck to rake. Working newsmen abhor him, as much for his beats and his seemingly unlimited sources within the bowels of the city as for his cocky personality and flamboyant journalism...