Word: forbiddingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Green was cobbled together by conservationists and consumer groups after the state legislature repeatedly failed to pass similar bills into law, many of which were opposed by powerful business lobbies. A number of these organizations are also backing another proposal, known as Forests Forever, that would forbid clear-cutting anywhere and authorize a $710 million bond issue to finance the purchase of ancient forests...
...decision by Actors' Equity to forbid a white British star from portraying a Eurasian on Broadway may sink the musical Miss Saigon, but it revives old issues of fairness and competence. Daring casting has produced wildly mixed results...
...forbid any new parking garage or lot from opening its gates before...
...best-selling book by Oxford physicist Roger Penrose says the laws of nature forbid it -- and that riles artificial-intelligence researchers...
...should anyone go through all the work--the grueling exams, the endless papers and (God forbid) a thesis--if it's not going to get him or her a higher salary, better dates and a higher credit card limit than friends from high school who are getting straight A's at other colleges...