Word: anathemae
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...common European homeland to despair. The week's events seemed to limn perfectly the need for an almost impossibly supple concept of the Continent's future, in which clusters of E.U. states steam toward closer integration while others lag stubbornly behind. That kind of "multispeed Europe" has always been anathema to those who thought Europe should be more than an "à la carte" menu that lets members do as much or little as they liked. But it may turn out that Europe's refusal to march in lockstep toward union is a good thing after all. A divided Europe...
...that is anathema to the pharmaceutical industry, which opposes any form of regulation in the Medicare program. And this industry usually gets what it wants. Long the most profitable industry in the U.S., it fields the largest lobby in Washington, with more lobbyists than there are members of Congress. It gives lavishly to political campaigns including that of the current President. While favoring conservative Republicans, the industry also supports key Democrats generously, such as Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn. Not surprisingly, neither the Senate nor House bills contain a hint of regulation...
...they know how to unjam the copier. One reason Enron, a company packed with hotshots, went bankrupt was that good, solid employees--like whistle-blower Sherron Watkins--were shunted aside in the gold rush. "B players strive for advancement but not at all costs. This attitude is anathema to most A players," DeLong and co-author Vineeta Vijayaraghavan recently wrote in the Harvard Business Review...
That very moderation, however, made him suspect in the eyes of the larger, more radical Shi'ite organization, the Sadr Group, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, 29. Cooperation with the coalition is anathema to al-Sadr, whose power base lies among the poorest Shi'ite communities, especially in Sadr City. Descended from a line of venerated ayatullahs, two of whom were executed by Saddam's regime, al-Sadr has the one thing the Hakim brothers lacked: street cred. He speaks in the rough argot of the slums, and his sermons, usually given after Friday prayers, are delivered in a take...
...five tense postelection weeks, the court issued an unsigned 5-4 opinion that stopped the recounting in Florida, throwing the election to Bush. Rehnquist worked intently behind the scenes to assemble a majority consensus. The underpinning of that decision--an equal-protection argument that would normally be anathema to conservatives--was described even by many Republican lawyers as being weak and unsustainable as a precedent...