Word: disdain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bush does not have an undisputed claim to evangelical support this year. Spokesmen for the Southern Baptist Convention, the country's largest Protestant group, complain that the President is squishy on certain issues. In particular, they disdain his reluctance to hammer gay-rights activism as some other Republicans do. Richard Land, head of the group's Christian Life Commission, warns that "it will take clear differences on values to get Southern Baptists to vote against two people of their own denomination. If you want to energize Southern Baptists, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure...
...college students at this convention showtheir disdain for the media by sporting buttonsthat label the CBS anchor as "Rather Biased." Theycarry signs that declare. "STOP the Liberal/MediaLynch Mob! Tell the Truth About the ReaganLegacy...
...arduous task of creating empathy for a candidate carrying enough political baggage to fill a container ship. The third, the acceptance address itself -- well crafted and eloquently delivered, if a bit long -- was most significant for its contemptuous strikes at Bush. Clinton's mocking disparagement of Bush's disdain for "the vision thing" signaled the beginning of a bruising, take- no-prisoners campaign whose outcome may be decided, in the words of a Bush aide, with a low turnout of turned-off voters who disgustedly choose the "least worst alternative...
That strategy makes Palestinian negotiators anxious. They must show tangible results quickly to fend off fundamentalist opponents, yet must satisfy multiple constituencies -- factions in the territories and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Palestinians in camps and abroad -- before they can make any concessions. Publicly, their negotiators professed disdain for Rabin's speech, exaggerating its tough elements and ignoring its invitations for cooperation...
Ross Perot is fond of condemning Washington as "a town filled with sound bites, shell games, handlers and media stunt men." His disdain for politics- as-usual propels his anti-campaign. Yet Perot has turned over management of his crusade to a bipartisan corps of political pros who exemplify everything Perot says he opposes. Their efforts to transform Perot's volunteer army into a more traditional campaign brigade have sown widespread resentment and anger among his early enlistees...