Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, a dwindling union that takes in annual dues totaling $612,000, was bringing on troubles it could ill afford. Its outlaw strike against eight U.S. railroads elicited a contempt citation from U.S. District Judge Alexander Holtzoff in Washington, who ordered the brotherhood to meet a return-to-work deadline or be fined $25,000 a day. Only after the four-day walkout ground to a halt last week did the full magnitude of the railway union's troubles come into focus...
...Richmond. They argue that credulity and immorality, together with a sophisticated taste for the primitive, are symptoms of decadence. The Daily Telegraph's Anthony Lejeune two weeks ago decried "aspects of the contemporary British scene which have not merely surprised the outside world but which increasingly provoke its contempt and derision. To call them symptoms of decadence may be facile as an explanation, but it has a disturbing ring of truth." Tradition-loving Londoners like to cite John Ruskin's eloquent description of 16th and 17th century Venice, another aging empire built on maritime power: "In the ingenuity...
...service of the President, and if he needs to play first or second or third base, I hope he can do it," Johnson told reporters. "I don't want him to play any position too long because he gets too familiar with you, and familiarity breeds contempt...
...Reacting promptly to the walkout, Federal District Judge Alexander Holtzoff held that the union had failed to properly mediate its demands and ordered the strikers back to work. Instead of complying, Gilbert said that he would call off the pickets only if management promised to bring neither damage nor contempt suits. Holtzoff held the brotherhood in contempt of court, as a starter fined it $25,000 a day for the duration of the strike. This week, a court of appeals upheld Holtzoff's decision-and the union ordered its men back to work...
Considering Charles de Gaulle's loudly clarioned contempt for most things American, the French are becoming increasingly considerate of at least one U.S. product: the Yankee dollar...