Word: anathema
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slightly skyward, vowels stretched to aristocratic dimension, the Kroks still satiate the regulars. (They play Lowell House tonight at 8:15.) For others, repulsed either by the endless references to Bermuda, the heavy Porcellian-Krok alliance, or by a cappella singing in general, the Krok music and spirit remains anathema. Yet the Kroks should be seen, and their unique talent appreciated, if not savored. Watching those immaculate dandies preen, one can imagine, just for a moment, how the other half lives, sings--and sometimes--flourishes...
Convents and monasteries are great, college and university laboratories are anathema. Ethnic and cultural heritage appreciation centers make the top of the list, while fraternities and sororities are near the bottom. And most desirable of all are cemeteries...
...what is laudable in Eugene is anathema to the lumbermen in the rest of the district. Says Weaver: "My problem is that my district's Establishment -it all revolves around the timber industry-opposes me." With help from lumber companies, utilities and the National Republican Congressional Committee, Mike Fitzgerald, 47, a garrulous, former public relations man from San Diego, has Weaver running like a Roosevelt elk, a species that he has fought to conserve. They agree only in their opposition to gun controls...
...generation firm in the world--seems an exceedingly dangerous bet. Rising plant construction costs, along with the March 1979 Three Mile Island debacle, have made dinosaurs of light water reactors. While to many Americans the slogan "No Nukes" signifies the direction to a cleaner and safer life, it is anathema to Westinghouse employees. They must daily defend themselves against environmentalists' charges and justify their livelihood to the increasingly skeptical American public...
...There seemed little doubt that his grim threat would be carried out with the same judicial severity that sent 42 other Iranians to their death last week on charges that ranged from sex offenses to organizing centers for the Bahai faith, a 19th century offshoot of Islam that is anathema to Iran's Shi'ite majority...