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Word: anathemas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Probably at no other university is it such anathema to live off-campus. A crucial part of a Harvard students' academic and social life centers around the Houses. No matter how such time a student spends in the libraries or in extra-curricular activities, there is no substitute for the good times and bad times transfers are new to Harvard, in effect virtual freshmen, the isolation is even worse. Instead of becoming part of "the Harvard experience," they are left on the outside looking in, feeling like second-class students. "I don't feel like a Harvard student. I feel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In From the Cold | 2/11/1985 | See Source »

...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, of course, need not be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered throughout your blue book will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's list, Name at least the titles of every other book Hume wrote; don't just say Medieval cathedrals, name mine think up a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence" like...

Author: By A Grader and Best Wishes, S | Title: A Graders Reply | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

...Mondale camp claims that Falwell, founder of the conservative Moral Majority, draws high negative ratings among key voting groups. For example, Moral Majority is anathema to some Jewish voters, as well as to the Yuppies, who tend to be conservative on economic matters but liberal on social issues, especially abortion. Says a Mondale aide: "Falwell is shorthand for the idea that God controls one candidate and one party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mondale's Whipping Boy | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

...negotiations, but it was anathema to an Administration that insisted on subjecting to separate and unequal treatment "fast and slow flyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battling the Gods of War | 6/25/1984 | See Source »

Many economists fear that counter trade could severely weaken, rather than bolster, international commerce. It fosters bilateral agreements at the expense of multilateral trade and can reduce over all world commerce. Says Franklin Root, head of the Wharton School's international business program: "Such arrangements are anathema to the free market." Others disagree. Zenon Carnapas, head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, says that countertrade deals are "a solution of last resort" for struggling LDCS. Still, no one disputes that postwar prosperity was built on the foundation of free and growing trade among nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Barter | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

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