Word: disdain
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lameftation cannot obscure the blatantly self-adulatory tone that pervades the production. Incessant references to the paraphernalia of a legal disdain for those who do not fit into their moid...
Polanski seems to have a fundamental misunderstanding of Thomas Hardy. Hardy rebelled against the genteel tradition in Victorian literature. His novels describe violence, poverty and, particularly, sexuality with startling candor. He scandalized the literary classes with his disdain for repressive society, his grim mockery of propriety. His works were bold, cynical, and for most of his audience, shocking--not unlike the more familiar work of film director Polanski. Perhaps it was their shared obsessions with the impervious force of Evil, the cruelty of the bourgoisie, and the sudden, unpredictable groin-kicks of Fate that initially attracted Polanski to Hardy...
...Governor and as candidate, Reagan had a reputation for disdain of detail. During the transition period, his "detachment" became a byword on both coasts. Now, preoccupied with the major speech on fiscal policy he will give in a few days, he raises a question about simplifying a point in his proposed tax-reduction plans. "I'm just thinking about the guy doing his return," Reagan explains. Meese says that the new tax rate tables will deal with the problem. Something else is rankling Reagan. His instinct is to cut the capital gains levy sooner rather than later. Says...
...Administration's senior officials, Stockman is clearly the boldest and the most ideological. He often uses sweeping, strident language, as when he called the federal budget an "automatic coast-to-coast soup line." He revels in taking unpopular positions and shows disdain for most economists: "They've been dead wrong, persistently." While he wants the Government to reduce most social welfare programs drastically, he would make even deeper cuts in subsidies for business interests and agriculture. Though Republicans generally blame most of the economy's present difficulties on Democratic folly, Stockman believes that one of the most...
...those who oppose it of fostering a "counter-religion" that violates the Constitution and teaches that "there are places where God does not belong, where prayer no longer fits in." More fascinating than Reagan's twisted view of the separation of church and state is his matter-of-fact disdain for the related debate over the Supreme Court's jurisdiction in this area...