The most obvious solution, he discovered, also runs into the greatest taboo: intermarriage.

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"Taboo, " Boy George's foray into the world of musicals, went fine in London but not in New York.

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Or could it have been that in December 1988, even in such a permissive time and place, Daphne suspected that she had somehow managed to cross a forbidden line into a social or cultural or family territory that was taboo?

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The revelations have thrown the meat industry into crisis and revolted many meat eaters in the United Kingdom, where horsemeat is generally considered taboo, although it is commonly eaten in neighboring France, as well as countries including China, Russia, Kazakhstan and Italy.

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