Word: anathemas
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...phrase "whirlpools in some far-off sea." All this aims to break the traditionalism of the concert hall and the narrowness of our aesthetic experience by means of "ideas" which are interesting in them-selves. In Young's opinion, standards external to the artist are regimentation and therefore anathema...
...control of the powerful House Rules Committee, but his war with Chairman Howard Smith has just begun. Vengeful Judge Smith has been trying to get back at Speaker Rayburn by calling up for a floor vote bills that would embarrass the Democratic leadership, particularly those that are anathema to Mister Sam (such as a bill to televise any House committee session). Thus far, the committee majority of eight pro-Rayburn Democrats has closed ranks, refused to let the bills reach the floor. But this puts the Rayburnites in the awkward position of blocking legislation, something they held to be downright...
...there were many who felt that his intransigence made life still harder for E.K.D. pastors under Communist control. The question before the synod: Should the delegates vote to continue Dibelius' policies by electing his deputy, Bishop Hanns Lilje, 61, an able preacher and administrator whose name is anathema to the Communists? Or should they find a candidate less provocative to the Reds...
...Whatever Cost." The confirmation of Chester Bowles, long anathema to conservatives, had promised an even greater controversy. But in his appearance before the Foreign Relations Committee, Bowles at times sounded almost like the late Foster Dulles. On the question of recognizing Red China: "I don't believe we should . . . The conditions that Mao Tse-tung would attach to any cooperation would demand that Taiwan become a part of Red China . . . We obviously are not going to give up Formosa." On Formosa itself: "We are going to defend Formosa, whatever the cost, whatever the risk." But Bowles did enter...
...Communists, to whom the Vatican is anathema, rarely pass up a chance to remind their subjects of the dangers inherent in any contact with the Church of Rome. Sometimes the attacks are vicious, sometimes merely amusing. At the opening of the Olympic Games in Rome last week, Pope John XXIII welcomed an assembly of Olympians, including some athletes from Iron Curtain countries, to St. Peter's Square. "We hope," said His Holiness, "that this evening's happy event may reach into your hearts so that each of you may have a higher appreciation of an athlete...