Word: taboo
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...mention of race is taboo. One hair-lotion manufacturer wanted to begin a commercial: "Attention Negro women!" but was promptly turned down. The station manager knew any such blatant approach would alienate listeners...
...weak to do it on a starvation diet. Shovel down big helpings, and you can develop a hollow leg for food. When I'm not hungry at all, I often gobble three hot dogs just to keep my stomach busy." The Blair diet's only taboo: hard liquor...
...Taboo. In Kyoto, Japan, Yukitoki Yakigawa, president of Kyoto University, summed up in a speech to the graduating class: "My final warning to you is ... never touch a drink paid for by others. All the scandals in the world of politics today have their cause in the despicable habit of swallowing free drinks...
...formal agreement between these eight colleges outlines a sporting code whose spirit contradicts Stokes' proposals. The new agreement--known as the "Ivy Group"-- refutes the very heart of Stokes' argument. Emphatically it denies that big-time sports have any rightful place in undergraduate athletics. Athletic scholarships are strictly taboo; spring football practice is outlawed, and bowl games have no place in education...
...seems to have reached a saturation point of about 20 network shows a week. Most abide by an unwritten rule not to go on the air before 9 in the evening, when impressionable moppets are supposedly in bed. But ABC's hour-long The Mask has broken the taboo by starting at 8 p.m. on Sunday nights. Only two future network shows are scheduled (a revival of Mr. & Mrs. North; and 21st Precinct, starring Paul Kelly) but they will probably do no more than replace other crime shows due to expire because of sponsor failure...