Word: forbids
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...attend seminars and conferences in the United States anymore. Those are the venues where the velvet revolution is being plotted, don't you know? Heaven forbid a US official, past or present, actually speaks to you at such a conclave (better they speak to the opposition in exile, armed with their irrelevant memories of the 1970s). You might as well come back to Tehran with a bull's eye painted on the back of your headscarf...
...advancing freak show.” In the midst of this rivalry, one of the circus’s star acrobats develops a verboten love for one of the freaks, a failed Japanese Samurai-cum-sword-swallower fittingly named Ai Swallows. “The Ancient Tent Commandments forbid any mixing of the big-tops and freaks,” said Warland L. “Trey” Kollmer ’07, one of the script’s co-writers. “That’s why the star-crossed lovers can?...
...long for me to ride bumper cars. But whether it was “matriarchal coercion” or genuine interest, awkward and nerdy Harvard students came together in numbers that we only see once or twice a year to hang out with their friends, and, God forbid, enjoy themselves. Call it state school envy, or call it a giant family reunion. I call it a great Friday evening introduction to the school year. I got to sit on the steps of Widener with more friends than would ever congregate in a dining hall and eat as many burgers...
...every deal hits the ball out of the park; fashion remains a risky go-with-your-gut business. Every six months the creative cycle has to rev up again, and God forbid the brand doesn't hit the right trend one season. The result can be costly, with stores filled with unsold merchandise. The potential for failure is great, "but the upside opportunity is also that great," says James Hurley, who follows the luxury market...
...only is Hillary ready to run, but she's also ready to govern. Unlike the current occupant of the White House, she has the intellect and ability to make this country as good as it was when her husband was President. And if, God forbid, we should ever face another disaster like Hurricane Katrina, Clinton wouldn't leave thousands stranded for days in a sports stadium...