Word: anathemae
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...that put him foursquare in favor of "the best interests of the plain people of this nation" and "an even break for the average man." Some of his Senate colleagues insisted that there was a vacuum in the space between his ears. And he was a loner who became anathema to the national Democratic hierarchy...
...Melinda Dillon. Those who wish to achieve a malignantly Woolfish rapport may duplicate the time scheme of the play by tinkling the ice cubes and spinning the disks, starting about 2:30 a.m. Match the cast drink for drink and watch the 5:30 dawn come up like anathema...
Diefenbaker's answer to the subtle difficulties of biculturalism was to say: "There is only one state, one nation." This unalterable belief in unhyphenated Canadianism was anathema to French Canadians. Quebec's return to Liberalism and its whittling down of Caouette's strength were in part an answer to Pearson's promise of a royal commission to re-examine biculturalism. It was also a thoughtful agreement with his concern that if the nation does not return to the founding idea of "equal partnership, equal rights, equal responsibilities, then we may not succeed in preserving Confederation...
...first official visit of a chief of state to Algeria since its independence for a real advocate of "socialist Arab nationalism," Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser. For all Morocco's warm cooperation during the struggle with France, the high-living young monarch's autocratic ideas are anathema to Ben Bella and his crusading idealists. "Hassan is the last person we want to see here at this time," gritted an Algerian official. "But he will be treated as a guest should...
...capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be Specific;" etc.? They mean it. The illustrations needn't of course, be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered through your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume ever wrote; don't say just "Medieval cathedrals"--name nine. Think of a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like...