Word: tabooed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...effects of the other poisons which are habitually used by man as part of his daily life are not so useful to him in his old age as is the much-abused alcohol which is now under the ban of the reformer and the taboo of the Constitution...
...undertake to pass moral judgment upon Mrs. Russell's theories; I did not suggest that study and discussion of sex and the institution of marriage should be taboo...
Doubtless the young Viceroy Faisal has learned on his two recent trips to England that El Surrah, the navel, is taboo among moderns. Last week he could point with pride to the demolition of the entire "tomb," and to the removal among the debris of El Surrah...
...much in favor of college dramatics. They are very formative. Unfortunately, acting was taboo when I went to Leland Stanford, and so I missed the opportunity that you fellows have...
Despite the taboo on politics, observers attached deep political significance to the Smith-Moody meeting, started a conversational boom for a Democratic 1928 national ticket with Governor Moody as Governor Smith's running mate. Should the Democrats nominate Governor Smith, the "logical" vice presidential candidate would be a dry Southerner, and Governor Moody has come into national prominence as the result of his having eliminated the Ferguson family from Texas politics. But attempts to interpret the meeting as a great Democratic get-together failed, inasmuch as neither of the principals mentioned politics and as Governor Moody's attitude...