Word: contempts
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...creative. Why then were the Harvard guys always the more creative musicians and writers, the more dynamic political leaders, while we had the obviously inferior merit of "getting better grades?" We, accepting even the humor of male-dominated Harvard society, laughed at the Radcliffe grindiness, guarded a secret contempt for our sisters who were insecure enough to work hard, and strove to be part of male society...
...characterized by a basic acceptance of the structure of U. S. foreign policy; criticisms and proposals are strategic or tactical, and do not challenge the values and assumptions upon which policy is primarily based. It admits little respect for the democratic values it occasionally professes; at times contempt almost bursts forth. (No more idealism; policies are for the protection of interests, not the implementation of ideals; perhaps a reflection of an overwhelming desire to avoid playing the Wilsonian fool.) This is facilitated by the anti-democratic content of the policy goals that it accepts...
...movie every few years, Gould has been making them as though his time were running out. For him, the therapeutic validity of going from one project to another often outweighs aesthetic considerations. He is all too willing to forget that audience overfamiliarity may not necessarily breed contempt but something far worse?indifference...
From the somber afternoon of the nuclear age, two physicists, father and son, look back at its dawn. The elder had helped to build the Bomb. The younger has been blighted by it. The situation seems prefabricated for apologia or remorse from the father, denunciation or at least contempt from the son. One of the rewarding things about...
Finally, in the mind of one who actually believed it, the happy matron-career woman notion promoted by Radcliffe is a dreadful illusion, and one which if taken seriously can keep us not only from developing our own possibilities, but from relating to other women. The contempt and mistrust women have for each other, even when they are "friends," is the counterpart of the excessive awe we feel towards-men, and part of what makes us sense that we would be utterly desolate without a man in our lives...