Word: taboo
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...more than 50. When they explained the three lies of John Harvard, the crowd reacted with the usual, polite ooh’s and ahh’s of a Harvard tour. But they got the greatest response out of the crowd when they told them about the taboo traditions and nuggets of trivia that don’t normally showcase in an official Harvard tour—like the Primal Scream tradition, or Timothy Leary’s LSD experiments. The two rising seniors became motivated to start their project when they learned Harvard would not offer summer tours...
...team will face Argentina for a place in the semi-finals. For any Harvard student, this phenomenon should sound familiar. On the streets of Cambridge, one is almost as likely to see Yale and Princeton sweaters than Harvard insignia-wear. “School spirit” is strictly taboo. Harvard clothing is purchased exclusively by tourists, Harvard’s praises are sung loudly exclusively by the University Development Office, and Harvard’s football games are attended exclusively by the Harvard Band. The only time that Harvard pride rears its head is the week of the Harvard...
...compromise." Martin Indyk, former Assistant Secretary of State and now director of the Brookings's Saban Center for Middle East policy, points out that while Hamas and Fatah were feuding for years, "They've always stepped back from civil war. But at the moment they're breaking that taboo on a daily basis...
...Singh, at the time the country's Finance Minister, began to open up India, dismantling a creaking socialist command economy that had chained India to poverty and stagnation since independence. Samant returned home with a mad new plan: to make wine in a country where alcohol was taboo and the closest thing to sophisticated intoxication was hooch. Thirteen years later, Samant runs Sula, one of India's largest vintners, producing more than a million bottles a year. And he lives large, employing a chauffeur and a butler, vacationing in Europe and California, and partying every night in Bombay...
...SALT has been considered taboo because it raises blood pressure. But it's not clear whether it's a problem for those whose pressure is normal...