Word: disdainful
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...merely "the private dick who's a sex machine to all the chicks" or "the man who won't cop out when there's danger all about." Like Evers, he was a tough guy caught up in the movement for black freedom, a cocky straight shooter with equal disdain for bad cops and for dope-pushing mobsters--in short, the kind of hero who would have pursued the new Samuel L. Jackson incarnation of Shaft and nailed him for police brutality...
...conduct of its vice president-elect--was one of credibility and redemption. Sadly, it seems, internal dissension and political squabbling on both sides have prevented the organization from meeting these challenges. Poor attendance and failed projects have led many students to view their "student government" with scorn and disdain. In short, the current state of the council is troubling...
There are those who disdain such extravagance and the formality that goes with it. "Informal" dress at meals means jacket and tie; "formal" signals a tuxedo, or at least a dark business suit. At these prices, the QE2 tends to attract a certain class of traveler--the kind who, in an earlier era, coined the word posh (port out, starboard home), the preferred, indeed socially obligatory, cabin location for the well-heeled sailing out of London. But for the men and women who choose to sail the QE2, it just wouldn't be the same without that touch of class...
...Washington bureau, and Allison Janney, the 6-ft. actress who plays press secretary C.J. Cregg, stood on the podium to open Lockhart's midday briefing. The show even got a validating blast from Republican House leader Tom DeLay, who--while admitting he's never watched it--declared it displays "disdain for [religious] faith." A cheap shot, ripostes Sorkin, about a violence-free series that idealizes public service...
Less skilled immigrants are filling so many of the jobs that Americans traditionally disdain--dishwasher, gardener, construction day laborer, house cleaner, nanny--that portions of the economy have become heavily dependent on them. Restaurants alone employ 1.4 million immigrants, who make up almost 14% of all their workers. Christina Howard, senior legislative representative of the National Restaurant Association, says eateries will need to add 2 million more jobs by 2010, and "we are absolutely looking to immigration" to help meet that goal...