Word: disgusting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...volunteers arrived, they continued to alienate Mississippians. Their attitude seemed to be one of disrespect toward the white Mississippi way of life. Instead of observing codes of conduct common not only to Mississippi, but to the rest of the United States, they openly flouted these codes, showing their disgust for them. A prime example of this was the shabby appearance of the workers, who appeared in ublic unshaven, unclean, and dressed in a poor manner. This was a common sight during the summer and one which disgusted every Mississippian who saw them. I thought the workers were supposed to create...
...cynics are saying-and they are probably right--that a Mississippi jury will never consider convicting the alleged murderers of James Chancy, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman. It is a repellent thought, but disgust should not blind us to the possible significance of the FBI arrests; they may well mark a successful end to the first phase of Mississippi's Negro revolution...
...then scrambled for the last plane, which waited with its engines whining impatiently. They took off in a hail of mercifully inaccurate rebel fire. Aboard one of the planes flew Mrs. Angeline Tucker and her three children. She had not seen her husband die. After that, to the disgust of U.S. and Belgian officials on the scene, the paratroopers were withdrawn, presumably in deference to "world opinion," even though an estimated 1,100 whites were still in rebel-held territory...
...poems, like the one by "Beat" Poet Gregory Corso, are full of fury and disgust...
...drive to propose solutions to problems the Kennedy staff has consulted many professors and other experts. Privately his advisors express surprise--and disgust--at Keating's ridiculing their use of professors and the Senator's denouncement of "Kennedy's $100 million brain trust...