Word: contempts
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...least there is no anatomical defect that prevents the male $ brain from thinking the thought: "Sexual harassment is a serious offense. Sexual harassment by the one man responsible for investigating cases of sexual harassment would be worse than a serious offense -- it would be proof of a brazen contempt...
Just days after Boris Yeltsin risked his life to defeat the August coup, anonymous White House sources were leaking contempt and disdain for Yeltsin. A week earlier, the man had saved not only his country but the entire Bush foreign policy (which had placed all its bets on Gorbachev) and Washington was already dumping...
...Western Contempt...
...past decade, researchers in developed countries have realized that they have much to learn from traditional agriculture. Formerly, such farming was often viewed as inefficient and downright destructive. "Slash and burn" agriculture, in particular, was viewed with contempt. Following this method, tribes burn down a section of forest, farm the land until it is exhausted and then move on to clear another patch of trees. This strategy has been blamed for the rapid loss of tropical rain forests...
...welcomed the failure of the hard-line coup and admire Russian President Boris Yeltsin for his courage, they wonder if the destruction of Soviet communism will bring them anything more than uncertainty and hardship. An old man walking down the street waved his hand in the air with dismissive contempt. "I don't know anything, and I don't care," he said without stopping. "I'm just a little person trying to buy some bread...