Word: anathemas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...executive director of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers who was frequently used to support President Clinton's assurances the procedure is uncommon, said he lied about just how often the abortions occur. The admission, the GOP believes, gives the bill new life by making it clear the practice, anathema to the public, is more readily performed than previously believed. Republican optimism was high the revelation would encourage Clinton to reverse his opposition to the bill that he vetoed last year. Because of the news, proponents believe that the bill, identical to the one sent to the President last year...
...moguls are like teenagers: they want movies with big kicks and fast returns. That makes the slow-fuse payoff of the quieter people pictures anathema. "Normal thinking at the studios is if audiences aren't there the first weekend, they're not coming," says Gramercy's Russell Schwartz. "But our films have to be discovered. We live by word of mouth." And Oscar has the biggest mouth around. The day after the nominations were announced, the box office for Shine jumped 40% from the previous Wednesday...
...them, inset them in outline form; be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all the 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 bluebook 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 nine. Think up a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like Natalie...
...program to connect every classroom to the Internet by 2000. There is virtually no chance that a G.O.P. Congress will agree to all this. But Clinton can find enough votes in the House and Senate if he accepts a pet program of the G.O.P.'s (and one that's anathema to the National Education Association): providing vouchers for parents to send their children to the public or private school of their choice...
This marks a striking change in attitude. The idea of using drugs to treat excess weight was anathema 20 years ago, when M.I.T. neurologist Dr. Richard Wurtman first learned about the compound fenfluramine. At the time, the term diet pill was synonymous with amphetamines, and conjured up an image of sleazy feel-good doctors getting patients hooked on speed. Pharmaceutical companies wanted nothing to do with the weight-loss business...