Word: contempt
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...help. They feel inferior. East Germans have been in an ambivalent situation for a long time. On the one hand, they were proud of having the best socialism compared with all those "untidy" Russians and Poles. They felt like students at the top of their class. They felt contempt for the rest of Eastern Europe. This was coupled with feelings of humility toward West Germany, where everything was so much better...
...satanic and occult themes, the religious crusaders are more concerned about other problems. The Rev. Donald Wildmon's American Family Association, based in Tupelo, Miss., is concentrating on vulgar, sadistic and violent sex songs. Tipper Gore's Parents' Music Resource Committee of Arlington, Va., especially decries records that foment contempt toward Jews, minorities and women...
ORTEGA'S meeting with Chamorro was a good public relations stunt, an ostensible sign of national reconciliation. But it could not obscure the Sandinistas' prior contempt for the opposition and reluctance to listen to popular sentiment...
...abuse experts testified that Hilary had been molested, other experts disagreed. Judge Herbert Dixon ruled that Morgan had not proved her case and ordered her to jail for refusing to divulge Hilary's location. Not until last September, when George Bush signed a law limiting jail terms for civil contempt in Washington child-custody cases, was Morgan set free...
...Duarte's eldest daughter, Ines Guadalupe Duarte Duran, was kidnaped and held by rebels for 30 days. That October, Duarte personally supervised the complex negotiations that secured Ines' freedom, briefly abandoning his tough line with the guerrillas and freeing 25 political prisoners in exchange. The double standard aroused the contempt of some, especially within the powerful military, who charged that he had compromised his ability to govern...