Word: repellent
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...York State even moved some offices there to help keep the rent rolls filled. The latest plans for ground zero call for the same 10 million sq. ft. of office space as the original World Trade Center, but the site's potential as a repeat target may repel business. "People don't want to work in a building with a bull's-eye on it," says Fainstein. "It doesn't matter if it's built like Fort Knox...
...have none of it, of course. It would repel me; disgust me. If I understand the logic of it correctly, Palestinian families get that kind of payment as compensation for their contribution to the cause. My only cause right now is keeping my son alive, and hoping the injustice of his execution can be avoided. Someone paying money for his death would be at once desecrating and celebrating my defeat in that cause...
...shire's surf beaches attract hordes of visitors from the immigrant, working-class suburbs of southwestern Sydney. Not all visitors are welcome. Some behave very badly. Policing has been low-key and the rival groups have felt free to make mischief. Defying conventional science, these guys both attract and repel each other...
SAFETY NET The latest textile techniques embed insecticide in long-lasting nets, which repel malaria-causing mosquitoes even after 20 washings...
...project with an interesting legacy. “Family Guy” is something of a bridge between classic animated comedy like “The Simpsons” (to which it bears a number of striking similarities), and the new wave of Adult Swim comedies which tend to repel all but a select core of viewers after a single episode (“Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and “The Brak Show” are prime examples...