Word: forbiddingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nixon would again endear him to liberals in the 1970s, Ervin was profoundly conservative. He was a diehard supporter of the Viet Nam War, anti- ERA and an unswerving opponent of civil rights laws. According to Ervin's strictly states-rights' reading of the Constitution, the document ought to forbid federal civil rights intervention, as well as the no-knock search warrants and sweeping Executive privilege sought by Nixon...
...like an explication of a "Class Notes" section in Harvard Magazine--fascinating but not penetrating. What he hasn't done--and it's this that makes The Class so contrived--is allow for the possibility that one or two of his classmates enjoy what they do or are Heaven forbid, happily married...
...unidentified Administration official hinted that if the funds were not provided directly, aid to the anti-Sandinista rebels might be supplied by unnamed Asian countries. He did not explain whether those countries would simply pass along U.S. money or use their own funds to help the contras. Congress might forbid any rerouting of support meant for such friendly nations as Thailand and Taiwan, but a country could, of course, use the U.S. funds for internal purposes and then earmark an equal amount from its own budget for the contras. Congress would then have the option of cutting off or restricting...
Epps also said he did not think it would be necessary to forbid students to associate he fraternity--as administrators Colby College have recently done that he hoped to pursue a policy to that used by Princeton and Yale...
Judging by the popularity of fish in upscale restaurants, the curiosity is justified. Patrick Terrail, owner of Ma Maison, the Los Angeles celebrity haunt, reports that his fish sales are double those of meat. "God forbid that eight years ago I had served a raw fish in lime juice as an appetizer," he says. Today his marinated salmon in lime juice is a big seller on the posh menu...