Word: disdain
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Arnesen and several scholars at Harvard and other universities view his rejection as symptomatic of the department's long-standing failure to promote junior faculty and its disdain for scholars pursuing non-traditional fields of social and cultural history...
McCarthy focused the bulk of his criticism ofBush's policies on "a growing disregard for theinstitutions of government. . .and disdain anddisrespect for the Constitution." Bush's supportfor an amendment to outlaw abortion indicates "alack of understanding of the Constitution orwillingness to exploit it for political purposes...
Contrary to the press' characterization of our efforts (especially the Crimson article entitled "Students to Oppose Dershowitz," March 4), we do not share a carefully constructed agenda of disdain for Dershowitz or believe that he should be coerced into giving up the case...
Aron's satirical tone clearly criticizes the deep-rooted racism underlying French disdain for Algerians. More Subtly, however, Aron condemns the anti-Semitism that both the French and Algerians express. When the Arabs die, they dance to a Mozart flute accompaniment and ascend to heaven. Aron does not grant the "greedy matzah man" an equally dignified death because he has purposely fictionalized the character beyond the point of human life...
...Dove: his free-trade philosophy is buttressed by a subtle grasp of the Japanese psyche. "We need to build better products and compete better," he explains. "Then we'll be in a position to negotiate. Now we're sitting across the table from people who look at us with disdain." Threats are not his style, but he points out that what the Japanese "fear most is a U.S. consumer backlash...