Word: demeaning
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...Posner says that, although he favors the change, he does not think members would approve election reform. "They might think it would demean the standards by which they were elected...
...uses as a premise the university's tendency to admit minorities mostly from the middle to upper classes. But what exactly does the report mean by "middle class"? It seems that it meant, curiously enough, a minority like Richard Zayas who wrote to The Crimson denying and attempting to demean the TWSA's convictions. Unknowingly, in the eyes of the booklet, he has incriminated himself...
Amnesty International (AI)'s newly released book, Torture in the Eighties, does not demean the constant American struggle over civil rights interpretation. But it does provide a healthy measure of perspective for American citizens--as a chilling, factual account of brutal practices little known in the industrial West. And while the action of such groups as Al, the United Nations, and other international organizations brings many cases of torture to light, the book still leaves one with "an underlying sense of pessimism about the prevention of such acts as the South Korean incident excerpted above...
...want to demean what PBH has done," explains Schmidt. "This additional program just allows other people, who might not want to get involved in the organized programs at PBH, a chance to help...
Helen Gurley Brown has done more to demean women than any man I know [Nov. 1]. Apparently it has never occurred to her that some females do not want to be empty-headed plastic dolls. Nor do all women feel the need for some big, brave male protector. Of course, it is nice to have a special guy in your life. It is not necessary, however, to sacrifice your mind and identity in order to keep him, which is what Ms. Brown seems to advocate in her new book...