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Any institution in business for 2,000 years is bound to be condescending ( about passing fads. Rome's attitude alternates between suggesting that concern about these issues (birth control, women's rights) is an ephemeral ideological trend and implying that such concern represents the vanguard of forces infinitely darker. Both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Convert's Confession | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

That discretion applies even to doctors who infuriated him. While he names many people who were kind, and dedicates the book to a surgeon (along with his brother and his first post-paralysis assistant, Daniel Voll), he omits, for example, the name of an oncologist whom he found condescending and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CULTURE: The Mind Roams Free | 5/23/1994 | See Source »

Carey Gabay's condescending attitude certainly deserves criticism. Unfortunately, in its haste to bash the council again, the staff is overlooking legitimate issues.

Author: By John Lewin, | Title: Constitution is Unclear | 4/15/1994 | See Source »

You objects to what he calls the media's "condescending," "insulting" portrayals of those who are opposed to equal rights for gays and lesbians.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporters Should Shape Opinions | 3/1/1994 | See Source »

The story raised interesting and important points, and it clearly struck a nerve. The reaction was instantaneous and strong, most of it coming from white and Jewish readers. Some argued that our story was opinion masquerading as fact. Some people, both white and black, said that crediting white pressure for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To Our Readers: Feb. 28, 1994 | 2/28/1994 | See Source »

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