Word: forbidden
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...Friedman and Vandenberg, though, the College administration wasn’t happy when it caught wind of their big ideas. After just one promotional event, University Hall declared the Harvard campus a no-fly-zone for the airline, reminding student groups that corporate sponsorships are strictly regulated and often forbidden. Plenty of student groups had worked with corporate sponsors in the past though, reaching out to companies like Lehman Brothers and Adidas for help with funding parties, trips, giveaways, and conferences. But the JetBlue deal seemed to strike a nerve in University Hall—and despite all the specific...
...contemporary sexuality and behavior proscribed by the Catholic Church. Some Cardinals are concerned that we young people are given too much freedom. In fact there are many of us who feel Catholic but in certain circumstances act differently from the teachings of the church. We all have something "forbidden" in our pocket, but if we are united, we will be able to reach the truth. Erika Murgia Turin, Italy
...slightly dangerous” and “very dangerous.” Furthermore, with a few exceptions, the State Department’s country-wide warnings do not make a distinction between more and less dangerous regions of the same country, so otherwise safe countries can be declared forbidden because they contain islands of instability. Instead of arbitrarily drawing a “too dangerous” line, the school should leave this sort of determination up to each student provided that they have a suitable reason on their application. For a concrete example of the importance of such...
Howard’s final sin, enacted in a boudoir during a wake, violates so many principles, he hypothesizes, that it has no name. His sin may be unspeakable, but for Smith, the forbidden is familiar territory. She opened her first book by describing a failed suicide at a steering wheel...
...monitor at Xici Hutong, a site where Chinese journalists share ideas. He says he removes pornography, which is illegal in China, as well as personal slander and "political things." One of China's two biggest portals, Sohu.com, routinely talks with government regulators about what topics to add to the forbidden list. "China is undergoing a huge experiment in its transition to a free society," explains Charles Zhang, Sohu's CEO. "We need to be responsible to see that reforms go steady and stable...