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So Nixon seemed to be anthema to the Left about something he was right about and they were wrong...
I've been resolutely avoiding "Frost/Nixon." Ann Althouse 2009
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So in one stroke, rape and disrespect are made anthema and consideration of the woman is decreed?
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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At the very least, intelligent design is anthema to our concept of advaita non-dualism.
New Creation Theory Seeks Inclusion In Kansas Curriculum 2005
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Poor mothers are robbed of their dear little children, and there is not ethram nor anthema said about it.
The Light and Truth of Slavery. Aaron's HistoryThe Light and Truth of Slavery. Aaron's History Aaron 1845
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No wonder she thinks you're a complete bitch, and no wonder I've been trying so hard to avoid you. sparrow (14 posts) on April 23, 2008 - 5: 12am. anthema (53 posts) on April 24, 2008 - 4: 20pm.
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I know this is anthema to your partisanship, but true democracy in spirit is only somewhat related to majoritarianism.
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Not to mention the fact that the election of Chris Christie in NJ reminds me that the two most recent GOP Govs in the Garden state - Tom Kean and Christie Whitman - are probably considered anthema by the tea party crowd.
Below The Beltway 2009
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That'd mean some deviation from the source I guess, which is anthema to some … so … whatever I guess.
Anime Nano! 2008
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That'd mean some deviation from the source I guess, which is anthema to some … so … whatever I guess.
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Churchill’s politics, of course, would have been an just as much an anthema to him as Margaret Thatcher’s were.
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