Word: sacrosanctity
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Along with the downed trees and powerlines, Gloria claimed an unexpected victim yesterday afternoon--the Undergraduate Council's normally sacrosanct election schedule...
...concept of the security of the Soviet state is sacrosanct in a way roughly comparable to the concept of personal freedom in the West. In Russian, security is bezopasnost -- the B in KGB. The word literally means "the absence of danger." As a profession, security means vigorously identifying and, whenever possible, eliminating danger...
...Good Friday, thousands of radio stations, from Rome, Ga., to the Voice of America, broadcast We Are the World simultaneously; even Muzak shattered its sacrosanct format to chime in. In New York City, radio station WYNY-FM invited citizens to join a chorus on the steps of St. Patrick's Cathedral; hundreds showed up and let loose. In Indianapolis, three clubs donated their facilities and three local bands their talents. Latin artists, featuring Jose Feliciano and Julio Iglesias, have already made their own recorded contribution, Cantare Cantaras, which is projected to pull in $15 million for hunger relief; gospelers have...
...after NBC and CBS) stunned television executives like an assault from the A Team. Reverberations rumbled from Washington regulatory agencies to Wall Street investment banks. Though the buy-out was a friendly one involving two members of the broadcasting fraternity, the clubby world of the networks suddenly seemed less sacrosanct...
...Personal Computer. A dozen executives led by Philip D. Estridge, 47, set up headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla., in 1980 with a blank check and a mandate to get IBM into the personal-computer business as soon as possible. The group proceeded to break some of the most sacrosanct IBM traditions. Instead of just using IBM's legendary sales organization, it decided to sell through computer retailers as well. To keep costs in line and speed up development, it bought most of the parts from outside suppliers, rather than from inside IBM. The PC has been extraordinarily successful and last...