Word: forbids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been something satisfyingly theatrical and essentially safe about proposing amendments to enshrine various panaceas, transcendent gripes, noble urges and crackpot illuminations. The process is a little like the custom of nominating obscure favorite sons at political conventions, not because they have any chance of being nominated or elected. God forbid. It is just nice to hear the name boom in the hall, to have the transient thrill, something to tell the grandchildren. The mere proposal of a constitutional amendment amounts to national billboarding for an idea, and perhaps even a way of drawing the poison out of certain issues...
...artistic director, Glen Eytchison, 27, is an intense veteran of Southern California repertory theater, whose appointment four years ago stirred premonitions that he would emphasize avant-garde art, even (Pollock forbid!) abstract expressionists. Not to worry. "You have to understand the people of Laguna," Eytchison allows. "I am concerned with retaining their tradition. Of course, the show has to be bigger and better every year, but you can only stretch so far." This year's edition stretches to 24 tableaux, each of which is shown for about 90 seconds. They range from classics like Degas' Dancers Practicing...
...troops were involved in combat, Congress might then invoke the War Powers Resolution. That 1973 law effectively allows Congress to forbid the stationing of troops overseas for more than 60 days. "I am sure that if there is a confrontation and we lose a few Marines, Congress will take action to get them out of there," said House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Clement Zablocki of Wisconsin. Added Glenn: "I don't think the American people are prepared to see body bags coming back from the Mideast...
...graffiti blackly spattered, its viewers can have faith that God provides for believers. As a result, there is no reason to care for the truly needy beyond one's small circle of friends. To clutch a phonebook and express passionate concern for those listed is enough. If, God forbid, evolution accounts for changes in ideas as well as species, Jerry Falwell's fractured vision of a human community originated here. Individuals, the PTL people see their bank accounts filling in the sight of the Lord and rejoice. They can afford expectations...
...year after Ezer Weizman resigned in May 1980, once remarked to Deputy Prime Minister Simcha Ehrlich: "Sharon might surround the Prime Minister's office with tanks." Not even Sharon's military colleagues trust his commitment to free government. Says former Cabinet Secretary Arye Naor: "If ever, God forbid, he reaches the supreme position, I wonder what the fate of Israeli democracy will...