Word: disdain
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...free," Morse continued, "when he has responsibility for the arrangement of his own affairs according to his own conscience. He said the Democrats had shown "disregard and disdain for, and lack of confidence in man's right to be responsible for his own actions...
...Daily Princetonian's disdain for abstract education policy articles and its predilection for student reaction are other examples of the same type of phenomenon. The editors alone are not responsible for the Princetonian--the credit and blame lie far deeper, in the forces shaping the college itself...
Shunning the suggestion that "our political and public life should be turned over to college-trained experts," the President appealed to scholars to look with favor on politics. Said he dryly: "Those of you who regard my profession of political life with some disdain should remember that it made it possible for me to move from being an obscure lieutenant in the United States Navy to Commander in Chief in 14 years, with very little technical competence...
Among top U.S. executives, 1961 model, one of the hottest fads going is the business game. J. P. Morgan would have sniffed in disdain, and Scots-born Andrew Carnegie would have howled at the expense. But today hundreds of U.S. companies, from small Texas printing firms to A.T. & T., are sending their employees forth to wrestle, sometimes for weeks at a stretch, with supersophisticated versions of Monopoly...
Worlds Apart. For all the political power tools that he can command, Larry O'Brien's greatest strength lies in his personal relationships with the members of Congress. He can talk their language. Like them, he is a political pro. He has the pro's disdain for windmill-tilting amateurs. "The eggheads," he says, "want the candidate to win on his own terms, to defy the party and interest groups. The egghead thinks it's worthwhile to be defeated. I think it's worthwhile to be elected." This same pragmatic professionalism sets O'Brien...