Word: forbiddenness
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...status in Beijing circles during the 1960s and '70s, he also read the uncensored news reports sent to his father before they were fed into the propaganda machine. During heated mealtime debates, Huang was soon taking the knowledge gleaned from those papers--and from hours spent listening to the forbidden Voice of America--to challenge his father's political beliefs. "My father thought that by exposing me to the world, I would eventually figure out that the communist way was right," says Huang. "Unfortunately for him, I learned the opposite lesson...
Perfect Date Now: A date’s exciting if something forbidden is going on. Or a really nice hotel in Hawaii with nice wine, a veranda at sunset, palm trees and Egyptian cotton sheets...
...thought there was nothing beneath your feet but miles of forbidden tunnels and Larry Summers’ secret lair. Not if you’re standing in Warren House, which once served as the Cambridge stop on the Underground Railroad...
...second thing wrong here is the POA. Most are all encompassing and require no disclosure, making them vulnerable to wholesale abuse. Most family members wielding POAs don't understand they are fiduciaries who are legally bound to keep accurate records and receipts. In most states, they are forbidden to make gifts to themselves or anyone else. When they break those rules, they are almost never prosecuted...
...there was another side to a system that protected female virginity. Women entered the Faculty Club through a side door, were forbidden from entering Lamont Library and could eat lunch at just two places outside the Quad on their own. At the all-male Freshman Union, now the Barker Center, boys showed their appreciation for a visiting girl’s looks by tapping their forks on glasses...