Word: contemptibles
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...lavish East Room wedding, Alice married Nicholas Longworth, an Ohio Congressman who shared little with her besides an interest in Republican politics. A drinker and a playboy, Longworth quickly earned his wife's "complete contempt," says Sturm. Alice also grew to resent her do-gooder cousins Franklin and Eleanor, often mocking Eleanor's bucktoothed smile at dinner parties. "Grammy couldn't stand earnestness," Sturm says...
...help Russia help itself: persuading its leaders that their interest lies in following international norms, while helping them build the domestic institutions and the network of international economic and political ties that such an alignment requires. George W. Bush is no exception. He ran for office proclaiming contempt for Bill Clinton's closeness to Yeltsin, but in office has tried the same dance with Putin - and his aides argue that over Iran, Hamas and North Korea, such an approach is getting results. Next week George and Vladimir will meet once again. Hard facts will be attractively packaged. Bush is prepared...
...standards other than those that pertain in the skin-and-bones world of high-gloss women's publications. She is, however, smart - especially in The Devil Wears Prada's early going - when she's wearing her ratty working journalist clothes and sporting her total ignorance of, and contempt for, the deeply silly values Runway promotes. In context, it imparts to her an air of mystery...
...This, of course, piques Miranda's interest. What in the world is this silly goose doing in her swan-like presence? Streep is, predictably, a marvel as Miranda - flapping her wings, nipping at her perpetually frightened flock, hissing her contempt for their frightened ways. She is always softly wondering why it is such a "challenge" for her car not to be present exactly when she needs it. Or why the staff is late for the meeting she's moved up the time for. Or why someone dares to propose a feature on enamel costume jewelry when they did the same...
...hill, I had a fine view of the city. Two decades ago, when you stood at a high point like that and looked down on Mangalore, the city's puny buildings all vanished, submerged beneath a canopy of coconut palms. That was when you felt a sense of contempt for Mangalore and dreamed of going somewhere big. But now you see concrete towers with dozens of metal rods sticking out of their sides, as if they were ripping a path for themselves through the trees. You cannot feel contempt for Mangalore now. You feel a sense...