Word: disdained
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...their proposals with thoughtfulness. To insist hastily upon tangible results from the Ivy Council would be unwise. The people behind the Ivy Council (the Board of Governors, the Executive Board and the delegates) work assiduously to advance our shared interests. One should not treat their diligence with derision and disdain...
...sell more than 2 million copies, and is now available in the U.S. on the Nettwerk America label. It shared the warbling vocals and slow, stately beat of Radiohead's more conservative efforts, and comparisons between the two bands ran amuck in the music press--as did disdain from other musicians, who saw the newcomers as rip-offs. But in January, Coldplay won three nominations for Brit Awards (the British Grammys), including Best British Group and Best British Album. Radiohead, whose members are in their early 30s and whose most recent album, Kid A, has met with massive critical acclaim...
...dismayed to read Prof. Mansfield's speculations as to the relation between race-based admissions and grade inflation at Harvard. His comments were utterly unsupported and brazenly hurtful, and deserve our unqualified disdain...
...gargantuan desk. The show is a bore, and Beat's not afraid to admit it. Who do you think the TV audience identifies with: the kimono-clad manga artist tendentiously making a point about how Japan isn't ready to host the World Cup, or Beat and his flagrant disdain for taking anything too seriously? Beat is in on the joke. And so is the rest of Japan...
...video for her new single Love Don't Cost a Thing, Jennifer Lopez strips off her jewelry, strides into the water off a beach and proceeds to divest herself of her blouse (her back turned coyly to the camera), all to dramatize her disdain for the trappings of wealth. It's a critique of materialism that wouldn't have half as much impact if it were, say, Friedrich Engels half-naked in the surf...