Word: demeaningly
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...answer them. Papers could be graded much more critically; even students would admit that the papers that we think are good are probably not the best pieces of academic scholarship. Once in a blue moon a student would meet these challenges and earn an A, and this would not demean the accomplishment of the B’s, C’s, and D’s earned by his or her peers...
...death, but also at the European institutions that demand Turkey conform to their standards as a precondition for joining the European Union. "We can't just do everything the Europeans say!" she protests. "They behave as if we are some sort of banana republic. They demean us so much. Whenever I get tired, I tell myself I am speaking on my son's behalf and raise my voice even higher." Many Turkish voices were raised in anger after the court's decision. The judgment inflamed nationalists, who fear and repudiate Kurdish militants as a threat to the unity...
...years. I’d also say that I can’t fault him for pushing his “Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down” catchphrases any more than I can fault politicians for pushing their campaign slogans; the fact that something is gimmicky and commercial need neither demean its medium nor degrade its own usefulness. With all the time that you say VESers are spending bitching about how Gene and Roger have developed a catchy way to say “love it/hate it,” they’re probably missing something good at the Brattle...
...invasion by refusing to fight, much like those who resisted the draft during the Vietnam War. Instead, the troops marched into a sovereign country like cowboys, under a false pretext, only to learn that the people they liberated wanted the occupiers out at any cost. Time should not demean the sensibilities of the rest of the world by glorifying the wrongs of a nation and its people. Jagdeep Parsram Bombay...
...invasion by refusing to fight, much like those who resisted the draft during the Vietnam War. Instead, the troops marched into a sovereign country under a false pretext, only to learn that the people they liberated wanted the occupiers out at any cost. TIME should not demean the sensibilities of the rest of the world by glorifying the wrongs of a nation and its people. JAGDEEP PARSRAM Bombay...