Word: contemptable
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...Club, has lost none of his preppy aplomb in the face of this nouveau nuisance. "I find it slightly tiresome that people who come from different backgrounds compensate by dressing in a way they don't come by naturally," he drawled to Newsweek. "I have a bit of casual contempt for these people...
Undeterred by the threat of Humphreville's casual contempt, nearly a million buyers have made The Official Preppy Handbook a number-one best seller--driven perhaps by a fear of greater contempt were they to wear their background like a heart upon a non-monogrammed sleave...
...would abolish the counseling centers. They are especially angered that David Stockman, head of the Office of Management and Budget, spent the Viet Nam War years in divinity school. Says Robert Muller, executive director of the Council of Viet Nam Veterans: "Stockman has treated us with arrogance and with contempt." As Muller sees it, the Government and the Veterans Administration have not lobbied hard on behalf of the Viet vets because they are more committed to those who served in World War II and Korea. Those veterans are more interested in pensions; the Viet Nam vets want counseling, job training...
...future of Russian leaders"); Major Pribluda, a farm boy turned KGB thug who knows more about the seasons of the soil than he does about the workings of the heart; General Renko, Arkady's father, a corroded figure kept alive by the recollection of barbaric triumphs and contempt for his son's pity...
...Lana Turner to concentrate on a purposefully paced retelling of Cain's story. It means to calibrate every movement in the desperate mating dance of Frank and Cora, "these unspeakably stupid, very simple people, filled with guile and tenderness." That is Director Rafelson's phrase, spoken without contempt for his characters but with an understanding of their selfish, consuming needs. Though Nick's café is just a short drive from Hollywood, Cora knows the only spotlight she is likely to appear in is the concupiscent glare from men across the counter. Frank knows...