Word: tabooing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very tantalizing--or is it? Such a ridiculous attempt to flee, rather than confront, the unequivocal fact of death is merely one more manifestation, claims David Hendin, of this single remaining taboo; a taboo being bombarded, however, by an army of books, articles, monographs and courses on the subject. Hendin calls his contribution "A realistic look at the medical and emotional aspects of death." It is an unpretentious, informative and honestly sensitive confrontation with some eyebrow-raising facts...
...drink, he may feel uncomfortable after downing it. In any event, he-like most Asians-will probably never become an alcoholic. That fact has long been a puzzle to hard-drinking Westerners. The difference is often explained away by Oriental cultural or social traditions, like the strong Chinese taboo against public drunkenness. But now a group at the University of North Carolina has given new weight to a more recent explanation: the East-West drinking disparity may be primarily caused by genetic differences...
Decals are absolutely taboo, although your parents will probably sneak into the Coop before they leave to pick one up for the family car. They probably think going back to the neighborhood without one would be like going back naked...
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...
...could say that we have to have this as a kind of taboo, because once we begin we don't know where to stop--that if we permit large numbers of infanticides we may not be able to protect ourselves further," she added...