Word: forbidden
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...terrible freedom of war--with its rush of animal adrenaline, its wild all-is-permitted, its violent necessities--inverts the moral order. Killing, normally forbidden, is suddenly sanctioned, even deemed heroic. Stakes are high. So is fear. Paranoia drifts on the wind like mustard gas. Disagreement may look like treason. Due process may appear to be an unaffordable luxury. The First Amendment may seem optional. The peacetime fail-safe checks and balances (Congress and courts keeping the presidency honest) may strip themselves down to a military principle--deference to the chain of command, and to the Com-mander in Chief...
...save Indonesians from the dangers of Inul. True, her wardrobe seems to consist entirely of Lycra, but her sartorial style and stage manner are tame compared with the scantily clad Indian stars who can be found shimmying away on any TV in the country. And as for the forbidden dance itself, it's less erotic than pneumatic. As Inul bends her knees and swings her butt?in what, after careful and repeated observations, I'd estimate to be a 120? arc?she resembles a glittering piston. Betraying her rock roots, Inul doesn't so much twist in time with...
...terrible freedom of war - with its rush of animal adrenaline, its wild all-is-permitted, its violent necessities - inverts the moral order. Killing, normally forbidden, is suddenly sanctioned, even deemed heroic. Stakes are high. So is fear. Paranoia drifts on the wind like mustard gas. Disagreement may look like treason. Due process may appear to be an unaffordable luxury. The First Amendment may seem optional. The peacetime fail-safe checks and balances (Congress and courts keeping the presidency honest) may strip themselves down to a military principle - deference to the chain of command, and to the Com-mander in Chief...
...League tightly regulates the schedules of each of its athletic teams and rarely makes exceptions. Spring sports, in particular, are forbidden from playing games before the first week of March...
...however. Because they are transmitted by satellite, they can be viewed by almost anyone in China with a satellite dish. The government doesn't allow individuals to own dishes, but many do so illegally, and small cable networks routinely offer the channels to subscribers even though it's technically forbidden. By some estimates, there are more than 40 million households with access via illegal dishes to otherwise unavailable TV programs. "We don't encourage this distribution," says a News Corp. executive, "but we can't stop...