Word: disdainfully
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...variety of decision makers will come in from the state and federal level who have authority and certainly responsibility. There were people who worked well with us, and there were people who showed great disdain to those at the local level. Some of the local leaders and officials I worked with felt that people came into our community without knowing our plans or what our community was like. It's very important that local authorities be given every opportunity to provide input and that local authorities be regarded as the local experts...
...DIED. Louis Rukeyser, 73, trailblazing stock market broadcaster whose lively analysis and open disdain for professional investors made Wall Street Week, the low-tech TV program he hosted for 32 years, one of U.S. public television's best-rated shows; of multiple myeloma, a rare bone cancer; in Greenwich, Connecticut. With his tailored suits and wry delivery, Rukeyser became an unlikely celebrity from the world of economics, and PEOPLE magazine called him "the dismal science's only sex symbol." He later hosted a CNBC program until failing health forced him to retire...
DIED. Louis Rukeyser, 73, trailblazing stock market broadcaster whose lively analysis and open disdain for professional investors made Wall Street Week, the low-tech TV program he hosted for 32 years, one of PBS's best-rated shows; of multiple myeloma, a rare bone cancer; in Greenwich, Conn. With his tailored suits and wry delivery, Rukeyser became an unlikely celebrity from the world of economics, and PEOPLE magazine called him "the dismal science's only sex symbol." After PBS replaced him on the show in 2002, he hosted a CNBC program until failing health forced him to retire...
...decision to forgo a dependable source of the stimulant because it wasn’t “healthy” belies or complicates Rick’s outwardly blasé attitude towards the drug. Perhaps for all his apparent disdain for the disorder, Rick fears the dangers of their all-too-attractive medications...
...Maoists built a mini-state in the mountains based on torture, execution and extortion. But Gyanendra did not live up to his pledges. Instead, he locked up thousands of politicians, human-rights activists, journalists and students, while doing little to stop the Maoists. He almost reveled in his disdain for public opinion-H.M. KING GYANENDRA DOES NOT SEEK CHEAP POPULARITY, reads a propaganda billboard in central Kathmandu. Last fall the opposition parties entered into a loose alliance with the Maoists and began a program of mass protests as the rebels enforced national strikes, a campaign they planned to climax...