Word: denialism
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...least Jakes’s story managed to tackle a lot of important issues in the 96-minute film. It touches on issues arising from rape, child abuse, child molesting, domestic violence, adultery, alcoholism, denial, various forms of illicit substance abuse, prostitution, and of course, murder. And for the sake of providing some hope, there are five or six extensive sermons by the bishop himself...
...first time since then that the entire delegation has been turned away. After months of open dialogue between the State Department and conference organizers and after an understanding that at least some of the scholars would be allowed to attend the conference, the decision for a blanket denial came less than a week before the conference was to be held and was made at the highest level—perhaps high up in the White House itself. This sudden break with 25 years of precedent suggests that this action was timed to have maximum effect on the approaching election...
Some in the department trace the couple’s decision to the administration’s denial of tenure to Morgan this past summer. But even though we can only speculate at the actual motive for the couple’s departure, this occasion calls for a serious and sustained look on the part of the administration at what it could be doing to better support the department...
...Denial: an unconscious defense mechanism characterized by refusal to acknowledge painful realities, thoughts or feelings. In this first stage of morning, students must cope with the reality that summer is over and that they actually have to wake up before 2 p.m. When I enrolled in elementary Vietnamese, I trekked to Van Serg, home of the East Asian studies department, every morning. Perhaps to provide an authentic Asian experience, the building is located halfway to Vietnam, meaning I had to leave at 8:30 a.m. The story was always the same. The alarm goes off at 8, but I pretend...
Bobo and Morgan did not respond to repeated requests for an interview, and in an e-mail to the Crimson Bobo did not mention the denial of tenure to Morgan as an impetus for their departure...