Word: contempt
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...clearly the administration realized that greater countermeasures than that were needed. "I intend to seek judicial relief from these tactics, including contempt sanctions, as soon as practicable," Kendall wrote in the letter to Starr, which came just hours after the President complained that information was "leaking unlawfully" from the investigation. Clinton stopped just short of accusing Starr's office; that's a job for the hit men. Now Kendall has fired the first shot...
Beneath the practiced politesse of his delivery, Vernon Jordan's eyes were blazing. His sonorous voice was edged with contempt for the very idea that a roomful of reporters could question his honor. Standing under the hot lights last Thursday, Bill Clinton's close friend and unofficial adviser made it clear that this media circus meant little to him. "Never apologize, never explain"--that had been his motto for 17 years, ever since he left the presidency of the National Urban League after a racist gunman nearly took his life, going on to become Washington's most powerful back-room...
...infamously petulant response: offering to sell versions of Windows that didn't have Explorer but didn't work either. After showing in court that it took less than 90 seconds to disable Explorer using Windows' "Add/Remove" program, Jackson testily asked the company to explain why it was not in contempt...
...live in a society rather inhospitable to women and children and their needs. Women who want to stay at home with their children are often objects of contempt or ridicule; women who want to work cannot find affordable, quality child care. Reported incidents of child abuse continue to rise, and many inner-city children continue to die young...
...supposed to succeed. All of its predecessors had failed. The Faculty and administration were resistant to both its founding and its survival. The Depression nearly wiped it off the books. Two world wars robbed it of staff. And its politics drew the contempt of a nation...