Word: contempt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Masterpiece Theatre fear that its peak is past, that new offerings lack the luster of the glory days in the '70s and '80s. But Baker thinks of the series as a necessary antidote to insulting commercial programming: "The week all three networks had Amy Fisher shows on revealed absolute contempt for the human race." And so, as he turns out his single page for each week, he humbly paraphrases Peter De Vries' acid remark about Henry James and hopes that he will not chew more than...
...Military in Contempt...
...been generally accepted, understood and the topic of jokes that Chief Johnson has a problem with me as a woman in the Police Department," Stanford wrote. "It is common knowledge that he refers to me in conversation as being a bitch and often regards me with disrespect and contempt...
Since the day Bill Clinton was sworn in, his command over the armed forces has suffered from the sort of contempt rarely shown by the men and women in uniform toward a newly minted President. Believing that 12 years of Republican indulgence has habituated the military to calling its own shots, the President has dreamed of reaffirming civilian leadership over the Pentagon. But his hands have been tied both by his image as a draft dodger and by the popularity and political adroitness of General Colin Powell, the extraordinary Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who virtually dictated...
...hopped into the back of a car being driven by Dodger outfielder Eric Davis and prepared to leave the stadium. As he did, Coleman--in a despicable, incomprehensible act of pure contempt and childishness-lit a firecracker he was carrying and tossed it over a chain-link fence into a crowd of Dodger fans...