Word: disdainful
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...Gathered in the apartment are members of the two main anti-Russian factions: the Wahhabis and those aligned with Aslan Maskhadov, the Chechen President overthrown by the Russians in 2000. Jamal knows he can trust the non-Wahhabi resistance not to betray him. But Maskhadov's men emphasize their disdain for the Wahhabi prohibition on alcohol and tobacco by drinking vodka and smoking cigarettes as Jamal talks. In late August, when guerrillas cordoned off parts of Grozny and killed at least 50 officials and paramilitaries associated with the Kremlin-backed government, Jamal's men were in the thick of things...
...It’s the State Department’s view...that Cuban officials and the Cuban regime needs to feel the pressure of our disdain for that regime,” Boucher said at the press conference. “We just felt it wasn’t appropriate for this many Cuban government officials, ‘academics,’ to come to a conference to spout party line...
...Hussein's Iraq. So he sent Omar to a vocational school in the United Arab Emirates, where he studied automotive maintenance. But as the years went by, Shakr, 50, began to be worried about his son. Omar wrote letters to his father, a smoker, lecturing him about Islam's disdain for tobacco. He chided his mother for wearing Western-style clothes to work. Omar finally returned to Baghdad this spring, after the fall of Saddam's regime. When he showed up at the family home, his father's heart sank. Once clean shaven, Omar now wore a long beard...
...Asian Values" effectively described the political reality of Hong Kong today [July 12]. Last February I found myself there for a few days, and I was completely smitten with the city and its people. My single greatest impression was the willingness of many of the locals to express their disdain for Beijing. Everyone I spoke with described the prc leadership as being dishonest and heavy handed. The citizens of Hong Kong are clearly not interested in toeing Beijing's line. I hope that the prc has the wisdom not to turn Hong Kong into a slaughter ground in order...
...really hate bush?hate is such a strong emotion. I will admit to feeling dislike, disgust and disdain. In all my 73 years, I have never had so little respect for a President. It's too bad, because I'm an easygoing, patriotic, friendly sort of guy, and to be so turned off by someone is against my nature. But that's how I feel about Bush, and judging from your story, there must be millions more like me. Robert Carrelli Thousand Oaks...