Word: contemptible
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...race contempt of the Boers for the English is very rife. The unendurable condition of these despised Outlanders caused them to complain to the Queen, as British subjects, on the grounds that they had no share in the municipal government, no chance for naturalization, no rights for their school children, and were oppressed in every way. In the original establishment of the government, the Dutch had promised that the Boers and Outlanders should have equal rights and priviliges. This promise of course has been utterly disregarded...
...been to make me realize that the whole theory of coral formation is still very uncertain. A few interesting discoveries about the Fijis have shown that the very old theory that atolls are coral growths on the rims of sunken extinct craters, for which Darwin and Dana expressed great contempt, was not entirely groundless but in some cases perfectly true...
There are two things to remember in considering the development of her genius. In the first place she had to suffer the contempt with which her grandmother treated her mother, who was a common work-woman. Here we see in George Sand the first seed of revolt against social institutions. Secondly, she was unhappy in her marriage and it was to plead her cause that she first became a writer...
...help a thletics in the University, aside from what he will get out of it for himself, he is rightly looked upon as a thoroughly selfish and ungrateful person who cares only for his own good. And yet this apathy cannot be regarded with any more contempt than that of the man who comes out for a team, shows himself physically worthy of a place on it, and, just as he is beginning to be relied on for steady work, allows himself to be put on probation because he has not enough real interest in the wellfare of the team...
...Sound Money Parade next Monday night will be particularly interesting as the only one in the campaign composed exclusively of college men. There will be transparencies expressive of allegiance to the cause of sound money and contempt for Bryanism. Other features will be Old John on a dray, the enormous machine manufactured by the Vim Tire Company, the bicycle brigade and a quantity of red fire. The same costumes used in the Republican parade will be worn. All who have not costumes for the parade tonight and who intend to wrlk Monday night must sing the bluebook in Leavitt...