Word: sacrosanctity
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Time has changed even the most sacrosanct of Harvard's policies, of course, and in some cases these decisions were far from unanimous to begin with (several of them represent overrulings of the ACSR). Some issues become more widely publicized with time; others--military contracting by corporations, for example--recede in public interest. Nevertheless, barring the unforeseen--another building occupation like the one in the Spring of 1972 which helped bring about Bok's new system, or the withdrawal of a large gift by a donor who deemed the University's policies as a shareholder unsatisfactory (this recently happened...
Both buildings have aroused a tremendous amount of concern about the sacrosanct architectural environment of the Yard. In both cases, release of the building plans was delayed--the new dorm will start to go up over the summer even though its design has not yet been made public--because of a series of last-minute reviews of details...
...from Nixon's shadow now -he must follow a strategy of demonstrating his loyalty while asserting his independence. Yet he must not appear to be talking with a forked tongue-and the Vice President, as everyone knows, likes to talk. "We're in the most sensitive, most sacrosanct area of Government affairs," says an Agnew intimate. "The Vice President has to avoid any suggestion of banana-republic politics, any suggestion that he's trying to push...
Some U.S. companies, including General Motors and Ford, have assigned blacks to jobs, such as skilled assembly-line work and welding, that were previously reserved by law for whites. IBM and other companies have gone even further and assigned blacks to supervise whites, violating a sacrosanct taboo. The government has largely ignored such moves because of the acute scarcity of skilled labor in South Africa...
...recent weeks, even he has sunk to depths he had never fathomed before. Throughout his career, Nixon's most laudable quality was his unwavering loyalty to his political (and non-political) cronies. But as the recent White House shake-up has shown, even this unfailing loyalty is no longer sacrosanct. When Nixon's White House gestapo could no longer cover up for itself, der fuehrer exterminated the vermin...