Word: contemptible
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...analogy is not perfect. Snow described two cultures that were mutually suspicious or even hostile. Today the suspicion and hostility mainly run only one way. Silicon Valley shares the contempt of Americans generally for Washington and sometimes imagines that Washington is hostile to it. But in fact the dominant attitude in Washington about the high-tech world is one of swooning admiration. Nevertheless, swoon and scorn alike are based on astonishing ignorance inside each Beltway about the life and concerns of the other...
...trial has not been without incident. Late last week, Swomley was held in contempt of court...
Believe in institutions, but do not marry them. Establishments exist to moderate; they look for function. You are likely to work for some company or other, but keep a safe distance. There is no contempt as bitter as that felt by compromised minds for the independent ones that have joined them. Grin broadly at the water cooler, and go home to where you live...
Steiner asked Cambridge police not to stay in the Yard so that no attempt to storm the building could be made without University approval--if the protesters disregarded a court order to leave, their being in contempt of court could require any Cambridge officers at the scene to arrest them...
After citing University plans to have protesters found in contempt of court, the speaker continued, "We would face six-month jail sentences that would remove us from the struggle. The issue is Harvard out of Gulf and not Mass. Hall. Join...