Word: discreditation
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Harper insists that in doing this he is not attempting to discredit current interpretations of postmodernism. "On the one hand, I'm calling into question the concept of fragmentation as somehow singly characteristic of postmodernism, but on the other hand I receive very strongly in that characteristic." In this way, paradoxically to re-assert the centrality of fragmentation in postmodernity...
While careless orthography is regrettable, it is hardly enough to discredit an entire argument. And why Mr. Lat objects to door-dropping is beyond us; this has been a respectable form of dissemination of information for as long as we've been here...
Yeltsin's message in return was that his opponents, including Zhirinovsky, would soon worsen Russia's situation and discredit themselves, allowing reform to bounce back. That is precisely what many in the West are hoping for, though they know economic chaos can give renewed life to reactionaries just as readily as to reformers...
...exploring exotic cultures hard to reach. From Malaysia to Pakistan to an ascent of Kilimanjaro to a descent with South Pacific sharks, literally, he roamed. Along the way he was a spiritual pilgrim as well, exploring psychic phenomena the scientist within him assessed carefully but many times failed to discredit. He says he bent spoons, visited a past gladiatorial life in Rome, had his aura fluffed as you would a poodle. Once, he found himself in the desert conversing with a cactus, which he insulted, only to feel contrite...
...facing hard times and that expenditures will have to shift. If the apparent demise of the Semitic Museum had been the result of a careful review, we would be unhappy, but not outraged. The process by which the Museum has been closed and its staff scattered, however, does discredit to Harvard...