Word: gomorrahism
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...those maxims sound obvious, contradictory, or both, well, the facts about earthquakes are too. Upheavals of the earth have stunned humans and ravaged their works since prehistoric times: some scholars believe the ancient Minoan civilization and the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were wiped out by quakes. Nonetheless, the tremors have never ceased to spring surprises on those who study them and try to cope with them...
McGuire would bring law, order and common decency back to this school. It's high time we brought back the stocks. It certainly would be fun to watch Adams House suffer the same fate as the most excellent cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. (And you, dear reader, think I'm being facetious...
These fledgling magazine publishers are kids trying to act cool--not masterminds propagating evil on the scale of Sodom and Gomorrah. And if the good-natured guys in Eliot would never dream of doing what they print as "entertainment," maybe folks outside the Ivory Tower will take Inside Edge with a pillar of salt...
...inflicted serious political damage. While the President herself is considered incorruptible, critics accuse her of turning a blind eye to family and friends who are said to be enriching themselves at the public's expense. "What good is a Blessed Virgin Mary if she is surrounded by Sodom and Gomorrah?" asks one disillusioned official. In a December speech after the coup attempt, even Jaime Cardinal Sin, Aquino's most important supporter, warned of "a social explosion" unless Aquino swiftly defused "unceasing reports of the abusive roles of presidential relatives...
...flag to Democrats who repeatedly fought over the contras with the Reagan Administration. Meanwhile, the public is left with an image of the Senate as a cockpit of partisan squabbling, the White House as a center of questionable decision making, and the city of Washington as Sodom- and-Gomorrah-by-the-Potomac. It's enough to make the whole town start singing a different song. Anyone for Who's Sorry...