Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Visiting Lecturer in Maternal and Child Health, Dr. Baumgartner had publicly criticized a $50 fine, levied on a careless landlord by Magistrate Milton Solomon. As a result, she was summoned to court to face a possible contempt charge. The landlord concerned was fined when a faulty gas heater he owned caused the death of a tenant. Dr. Baumgartner, terming the fine "wholly inadequate," was advised by magistrate Solomon to "apply herself to her own duties...
...somewhere in World War II, but in the last five years of his life Stalin ordered eight skyscrapers built in Moscow. Rising 20 to 38 stories out of Moscow's sprawling slums, and occupied exclusively by Communists and Communist undertakings, they stand today, huge omnipresent memorials to Communist contempt for the comfort and well-being of the common people...
...were to award a prize each year for achievements in the field of academic freedom, Harvard University would certainly be the recipient of the 1954 award. The Cambridge institution just sneaked under the wire when, last month, it took no action against Prof. Wendell Furry, indicted for contempt of Congress...
This University's opportunity arose when D. Marcus Singer was similarly indicted for contempt. But, rather than break new ground in the realm of academic freedom, the University followed a pattern set in all but the extremely narrow-minded universities of the nation and relieved Dr. Singer of his teaching duties...
Sweezy, presently free on $1000 ball from contempt of court charges for refusing to answer specific questions of Wyman, admitted having been an active member of the Progressive Party in 1948 only, but denied any connection with the Communists...