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Word: disdained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: A Presidential Close-Up | 2/13/1981 | See Source »

...Stellar's will alight on the garden dirt, cock his head in disdain, scream twice, burst off into the hemlock and set the lower branches dancing almost before its blue sheen has blazed on my retina. What a vacancy a jay leaves...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: The Land Remembers | 1/13/1981 | See Source »

...recent party in a Kirkland House entry, a group of well-dressed and beautifully made-up women appeared at the door. As the men swung their heads to survey the newcomers, the Harvard women nudged each other and pronounced with great disdain, "The Wellesley contingent is here...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Malice in Wonderland | 12/18/1980 | See Source »

...territory west of the Emerald Isle and south of the Canadian commonwealth, users of the dreaded "u" intend the letter to bespeak Old World sophistication and disdain for the intellectual squalor of the former colonies. Colour has the weight of Empire behind it; color is a graceless contraction...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: A Lexicographical Truce | 12/12/1980 | See Source »

...that choosing the leader of the West was too important a decision to be left only to Americans. It is a notion that world leaders would eagerly endorse this year. Although they are discreetly keeping their feelings to themselves, they are watching the 1980 campaign with varying degrees of disdain and dismay. In general, they like none of the three candidates, though most would reluctantly cast their ballots for Jimmy Carter. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt expressed one major reason when he told aides, "At least I have got more or less used to Carter." But local and regional considerations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Praising with Faint Damns | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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