Word: disdain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This eclectic slate has the Brandon brand: audacious, often innovative, sometimes tacky, always commercial. This was the man who could nurture a "quality" show such as Hill Street Blues while singing the praises of Punky Brewster. "He has an absolute disdain for anything intellectual," says one less-than-admiring colleague. "He'd rather eat hamburger than steak." Yet in a world of slick network suits, Tartikoff has always been one of the most articulate, thoughtful and candid programmers around...
...using morality to exclude people and to batter them into certain types of behavior. He was using words to cut off certain groups of people from the "mainstream" of our society. His words did not change anyone's moral decisions, but served only to increase people's disdain for politics...
...obvious disdain for entertainment journalism, in conjunction with his tirelessly busy schedule, has Jones "reading less newspapers and paying less attention to them." It may also be the reason why he rarely gives a warm and chatty type of interview. His cursory style and somewhat austere personality caused The New York Times to write that he "snarls his way to the pinnacle [of his career]" and Time to characterize him as "extraornery...
...star witness to try to convict Lorena. Ironically, pros ecutor Paul Ebert's failure to convict John will make this easier, since it weakens her claim that her act was justified. Dur ing his closing argument last week, Ebert signaled that he could parcel out his disdain with an even hand: "You might say perhaps that these two people deserve each other...
Harvard professors reactions yesterday to the House approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement varied from ringing endorsement to scathing disdain...