Word: contemptible
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...Daniels' contempt for jazz writers and critics knows no bounds, but his own attempts at musicological analysis are feeble at best. He continually drags in tangential asides to the history of Black culture that, while interesting in themselves, shed little light on jazz's most enigmatic artist. He's apparently tracked down the names of nearly every Lester Young relative that appears in any phone book in America in the early 20th century (and pedantically mentions them all), but Young's own relationship with Billie Holiday, with whom he had one of the most productive partnerships in jazz history...
...This contempt is the great strength of the materialist, the scornful weapon wielded against all attempts to suggest that the world might still be an enchanted place, that there might be angels and demons abroad in the streets of Cambridge, right beneath our over-educated noses. “Angels and demons?” the materialist sniggers. “Why not believe in fairies...
Despite the fact that the Group’s recorded music can be labelled “smooth,” familiarity with their work breeds comfort, not contempt. Metheny is capable of crafting some gorgeous melodies. Moreover, the Group’s sound has a nice thickness and weight to it, guitars and bass frequently aligning along parallel octaves. “The Gathering Sky” for example, a cantering afro-calypso number, is less restrained live than on the album and revels in its own pure happiness. After shifting through three melodic themes, drummer Antonio Sanchez took...
Although some went home with battle scars—such as the quarter-sized welt on the neck of Patrick T. Smith ’03—the men were not seething with contempt or full of revenge for the other team. “I think it was a good chance to interact with each other in a normal, non-academic setting,” said Heck, “and realize that despite our almost polar differences, we can still have a good time together...
However, Arab leaders cannot afford to support an invasion against Iraq during the siege of Palestinian cities. The greatest source of contempt toward the U.S. in the Arab world is Washington’s one-sided approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rightly or wrongly, Arabs blame the United States every time an Israeli soldier maims a Palestinian civilian. The billions of dollars of U.S. foreign aid that pour into Israel every year and Washington’s refusal to put pressure on Israel when it uses excessive force have led Arabs to believe that the U.S. is complicit...