Word: anathemas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...office high up in Holyoke Center, where he gazes out the window at his short-lived annual domain while he talks about the summer school. "The trouble is that Harvard is institution-oriented, not people-oriented," he says. "I come from a background where this kind of elitism is anathema, but I'm pulled both ways...
...used his art, he began to see the pervading idiocy of people seeking to be specialists in their own little worlds. Competition was anathema to students so recently from high schools in which they had been predominant. They were suddenly the small fish and didn't like...
...since 1947, Chaban - the Resistance code name that he formally adopted after the war - is also a former Premier. The perfect Gaullist? Not quite. For one thing, Chaban advocates widespread reform ("the new society," he calls it), ranging from governmental decentralization to increased social security benefits - policies that are anathema to some Gaullist fundamentalists who want to hold down government spending. Moreover, his reputation is still clouded by a whiff of scandal: in July 1972, Pompidou ousted him as Premier after it became known that he had taken advantage of legal loopholes and paid no income taxes...
...Vespers program was another triumph for the University Choir. They filled Memorial Church for a program whose religious content was most likely anathema to many of their listeners. But it was the art of Monteverdi as sung by the Choir which was on display. The Choir has reinforced its strong reputation for the performance of early music...
...approve of his current performance in office; 67% think that he knew about the Watergate coverup; 59% feel that 18½ minutes of a crucial tape were deliberately erased because they would have proved his involvement in the coverup. A year ago, the idea of impeaching the President was anathema to great numbers of Americans. There remains a nagging reluctance to get rid of him, but the public has moved considerably closer to sanctioning this momentous step. The most recent Gallup poll indicates a 46%-to-46% split on whether Nixon should resign. A total of 37% now favor impeachment...