Word: anathemas
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...parliamentarian and spokesperson. "Food-price inflation and high oil prices are now a global phenomenon. Bringing prices down may be beyond the capacity of any Pakistani government." But Gilani's administration cannot just wring its hands. It could start by encouraging foreign investment and privatization - moves that have been anathema to his socialist-leaning PPP. The pro-business Muslim League may prove useful. "At this point in time, given the state of the economic crisis, it actually makes sense to have a coalition between these two parties," says Samina Ahmed, South Asia project director of the International Crisis Group...
...Michaels, COO of the Tribune newspaper group - the second largest in the nation - mused in a conference call with investors that while the company's salespeople were judged by their performance, "nobody has ever said, 'How many column inches does a journalist write?'" The problem is, productivity quotas are anathema to one of journalism's core duties, investigative reporting - an expensive enterprise that can consume months of a writer's time and often yield few results. With money at major news organizations tightening, editors and publishers are being faced with an uncomfortable question: who is worth keeping, the reporter...
...good that came of it was that Mandela on his own launched negotiations with the apartheid government. This was anathema to the African National Congress (ANC). After decades of saying "prisoners cannot negotiate" and after advocating an armed struggle that would bring the government to its knees, he decided that the time was right to begin to talk to his oppressors...
...perennial rye; the old courts had been a mix of 70% rye and 30% creeping red fescue. The new lawn was more durable, and allowed Wimbledon's groundsmen to keep the soil underneath drier and firmer. A firmer surface causes the ball to bounce higher. A high bounce is anathema to the serve-and-volley player, who relies on approach shots skidding low through the court. What's more, rye, unlike fescue, grows in tufts that stand straight up; these tufts slow a tennis ball down as it lands...
...many environmentalists, the idea of essentially recognizing a company's right to pollute - even while requiring them to reduce that pollution - was anathema, as if it made some form of pollution O.K. But you can't argue with results - emissions of SO2 and NO have dropped drastically, as has acid rain. Emissions trading worked because by pricing the air, it helps drive innovation towards pollution control and efficiency, funded in part by the value of the emissions trading market. (Companies that spent to lower their emissions beneath the cap could recoup that investment by selling their excess emissions credits.) Just...