Word: disdainful
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...right. Nowadays, we champion personal growth. We try to "keep it real." We celebrate diversity. We laugh at the narrow ties and clipped hair of postwar IBM and Ford Motor Co. whiz kids, and lionize instead the untidy entrepreneurialism of high-tech geeks like the young Bill Gates. We disdain order, and we cherish mess. Implicitly, we accept that the incivility and vulgarity which typify messy societies are a worthwhile trade-off for the liberation that such societies allow...
...life, Alain Juppé earned a reputation as one of France's most imperious and cerebral politicians - and as Jacques Chirac's loyal confidant and anointed successor as President of the Republic. After he tried to force through a raft of unpopular reforms as Prime Minister, Juppé's disdain for public opinion contributed to his humiliating ouster in 1997. So it came as something of a shock to see a pale, haggard Juppé claiming to be a victim on national television last week. "I didn't deserve this. I think it's too much," complained Jupp...
...packers, who are constantly finding ways to cut costs--through mergers, automation and assaults on labor unions. But the three largest companies--Tyson Foods, Cargill and Swift & Co.--have their own woes. About $300 million in beef and by-products like liver and tongue (which American consumers generally disdain) are caught in the pipeline for foreign countries. In the far bigger domestic market, the packers are watching closely to see how consumers respond. Even then, it is unclear how a drop in demand would ripple through the industry. As Cargill spokesman Mark Klein explains, "Just because cattle prices come down...
...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 Americans like me. Robert Carrelli Thousand Oaks, Calif...
...understands their partying, respects their desire to drink and above all, will not be disheartened—or draconian—when students continue to party hard, because they will. Instead, the committee should ensure that student health is jeopardized neither by state law nor by a prudish disdain for student habits. The pursuit of drunkenness, like it or not, is here to stay. But health crises that lead to tragedies like Scott Kruger’s, the MIT first-year who drank himself to death in 1997, can be avoided through the committee’s care and diligence...