Word: contemptibly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...judge had ruled last Wednesday that four of the nine defense lawyers who withdrew from the case by telegram as the trial opened were in contempt of court. He issued warrants for their arrests, and two of the lawyers were actually arrested and transported back to Chicago. The judge told the defendants that if they felt they wee being "adequately defended," he would release the lawyers...
James T. Kilbreth 69, editor of the WSA-oriented New Left Notes, accused RYM of "having only contempt for the working people...
Protesting their chief's removal, 160 angry tribesmen hiked 30 miles to the nearest district commissioner's office. They were led by Rekayi's defiantly bare-breasted wife, Matadziseyi, and a number of women who stripped completely -a common form of demonstrating contempt for authority in some parts of Africa. Most of the protesters, including the women, were seized and jailed after a scuffle. Left temporarily unattended in the confusion were 400 of the tribe's youngest children, as well as all of its precious cattle. "Two cows were taken by hyenas last night," said...
Well he might. Each of his Fillmores is worth $3,000-$5,000 net profit to him on a good weekend-a fact that stirs articulate contempt from the unworldly dreamers of the rock scene. "Moneygrubber" is one of the milder epithets they lay on Bill Graham...
Citing Stauder's behavior before the Joint Committee, the report stated "Our concern is not with Dr. Stauder's style, but... his failure to explain or discuss his misconduct, it must be emphasized, constituted implicit contempt of that entire Faculty...