Word: animus
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...primarily by virtue of their brutality but by virtue of their worldly success: they are self-made men. We still want to read about men with the will, the energy, the daring, the boldness and the ruthlessness to claw their way to the top. But so powerful has the animus against business and commerce become in our culture that no legitimate businessman could possibly serve as the hero of any such story. Only an illegitimate businessman could; which is to say a gangster...
...deep animus toward "athletic bastards who stick together," see Bouton, Meggyesy, et al. And as for my hatred of those teachers who overinstruct but undernourish, yelling "digression!" in Oral Expression every time a student gets interesting, the romantic critiques of Kozol and Herndon have left me winded...
...different-not a confection gone slickly sour but a modish sci-fi convention pursued without rhyme or reason. In a cosmic mood, Arpino sends his dancers blasting around the stage to assorted flatulent noises-pings, creaks and suckings. The score, by Avant-Garde Composer Jacob Druckman, is entitled Animus III for Tape and Clarinet...
...Martin will reach the legal limit for time on the job and will retire. Washington will miss the frequent confrontations between Martin and Patman at hearings of the banking committee; on one occasion, Patman condemned Bill Martin as "the most disastrous influence in American history." Patman has no such animus toward the new chairman of the board, Economist Arthur Burns, whose economic expertise he respects...
This is funny enough; but the author's peculiar animus against his character pushes the mockery one sentence too far: "He now had secret hopes that she would become an alcoholic so that he could boast about her capacity. . . ." Unfunny, because unbelievable. The reader begins to be uneasy; why is Waterhouse pressing so hard...