Word: condemned
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...yielding intense descriptions of the Pain and occasional Beatitude of a collection of domestic victims of the war--of their collective Suffering. The Au.'s doggedness is of the same guilt-ridden stripe as the repetitive and brutal naturalism of Gunter Grass: that, if it is too simple to condemn Nazi Germany with bombastic self-righteousness, maybe we will not fail if we do our literary best to reproduce every shivering detail of some tiny local aspect of this horror...
There is no way to assess the merits of these conflicting reports--and if there were instances of brutality and coercion, we condemn them--but the goals of the exodus itself were good, and we support them...
...with the U.S.S.R. (chiefly, let it be noted, at the expense of the American taxpayer), were disillusioned. The authors of the amendment to the trade bill, especially Senator [Henry] Jackson, were sharply, and in my view unjustly, criticized. Unfortunately, President Ford joined these critics. Of course, not all Americans condemn the amendment. I was particularly glad to hear on the radio a report of a speech by George Meany which reflected the viewpoint of the U.S. working class-and a better perspective on the problem than that of the businessmen and the political enemies of Senator Jackson...
MacEwen also believes inmates must be taught to take responsibility. "A man comes home to four kids and a wife, and he's expected to be a provider. He's not been prepared during incarceration to shoulder responsibility. I don't condemn a man who's been out six months and then commits another crime. By returning to prison, he doesn't have to worry about bills being paid or whether his kids are decently clothed...
...justifiable evasion,' it is difficult to perceive what Respondent would consider 'unjustifiable' evasion ... In our view, Respondent has engaged in reprehensible conduct in violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility by testifying dishonestly before a congressional committee. This is conduct which the bar would seriously condemn in the case of any of its members, but particularly so when that member holds a special position of trust with regard to the public and to the profession...