Word: forbiddingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead of cutting this classic Grinch material, they could have, God forbid, cut other parts more easily. The beginning part with the outlandish but stupid Who-toys with odd-sounding but easy-to-make-up names is possibly better left out. Little Cindy Lou Who who is (still) no more than two is not everyone's favorite character (too cute). And for die-hard Scrooges, the Grinch's self-righteous turn-around at the end is most unfortunate. But as this is the "message" of the story, maybe it has to stay...
...Lown keeps expanding his responsibilities maybe he'll end up intimately involved with his government, like Dr. Chazov. But heaven forbid he ever be forced to admit he's wallowing in the muck of politics...
...some way to paper over the issue, at least for the moment, by accepting an American affirmation that it would continue to adhere to the ABM treaty. But Perle and others damaged that possibility by pressing within the administration for an interpretation of the ABM treaty that would not forbid development of space-based defense systems...
...face constant threats to its survival from the very beginning, a condition that has probably made its citizens care anyway. But their caring also comes from the sacrifices they make. People are giving so much to the government that they feel they are closer to it, and maybe, God forbid, that they even comprise...
After reviewing Yale's script, Army's athletic director Carl Ullrich "gave us a lot of verbal abuse," said Rosenblum. "He forbid us to go on the field in any way shape or form. We thought everything we planned to do was fine." Rosenblum, who termed such censorship "preposterous," said he has found that schools outside the Ivy League are not always as receptive to Ivy League humor as those within...