Word: contempts
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...tone throughout It Came from Hollywood is one of jolly contempt-an attitude that might better be reserved for such recent films as Hanky Panky, Neighbors, Stripes or any Cheech and Chong picture. The detritus of movie history deserves better; one man's junk is another's priceless antique...
...natural resources and key strategic position on the African continent suffice to give what appears to be national interest preeminence over morals. But all Washington will succeed in doing is propping up for a while longer a university condemned regime that must eventually fall. Such a policy merits only contempt...
...peace activist who held sleep-ins with his wife in hotel bedrooms, Lennon repeatedly risked the scorn of the press and fans. As a househusband who stayed at home for five years to take care of his son, he invited the ridicule and contempt of those who wanted him to continue recording. And as a comeback artist who let his unpopular wife Yoko contribute half the songs to a new album, he braved the possibility of rejection...
...PATHETIC ATTEMPT last week by the Arab League to oust Israel from the United Nations arouses both anger and contempt. On the one hand, the Arab's hypocrisy in trying to go beyond their usual verbal assaults on the Jewish state inspires outrage. On the other hand, the counter-productive short-sightedness the Libyan-led move displayed seems evident...
...case of pride. A few years ago. DeLorean wrote a much publicized book entitled On a Clear Day, You Can See General Motors that viciously but accurately detailed the shortcomings of America's automobile industry. There was no way DeLorean could fail and then subject himself to the contempt of Detroit's bosses...