Word: sacrosanct
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...lake in Africa, Lake Victoria, by itself almost as big as Scotland. He talked to us about his plans to develop old colonial buildings there. Then he drove us over the golf course, right across the seventh green. It was not just the President's car crossing the sacrosanct turf but Mr. Bob's as well, in close attendance behind. Plainly the President is not a golfer. But he pointed out to us the spot where he often plays basketball with his team. From there we went to Lake Victoria, where he made his point with the Coders...
...main talks were held in a Tudor-style home nestled in dense tropical foliage overlooking marshland, where Carter slipped away to do some fishing. As the discussions went on, the Georgian stressed his intention to reorganize the Government. He told his nominees that no bureaucracy is sacrosanct and that they "should not become seduced by what exists" in their departments. The group also considered the package of jobs legislation and tax cuts that Carter will soon propose to stimulate the economy. On Capitol Hill, House Democrats were already planning to introduce a bill increasing the current $2 billion public works...
Brewer is confident that the best representation of the interests of higher institutions like Harvard in the future will be by the big educational combines. "Five years ago, higher education was sacrosanct to the government," he says. "Now, institutions are forced to compete head on with other groups and other needs, and the role of associations thus seems more in tune with political and social reality...
...women priests. Many Catholics are open to the idea, however, including an elderly woman at St. Columbkille's. "If a woman wants to be a priest, that's fine with me. The important thing is not who gives you Communion, but whether you believe that it is sacrosanct...
...full-time faculty positions and nine assistantships; an increase in student costs (which at $6,280 for tuition, room and board, are already the highest in the nation), and a requirement that Bennington's 600 students major in two entirely different fields. The report also attacked the sacrosanct institution of faculty tenure; it proposed setting up an elaborate system (involving three separate contracts) to review a faculty member's performance three times in 13 years, with "a clearly expressed expectation that at most one-quarter of those who reach this third review will be retained." In other words...