Word: dismissals
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...British writer Matt Ridley, author of ?Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters,? offered an even more cheerful perspective. Arguing that the early fears about tinkering with genes had proved to be groundless, he went on to dismiss the current concerns of many of his fellow Europeans about genetically modified (GM) foods. Mother Nature, he said wryly, had been engaged in such crossbreeding experiments for millions of years. ?She?s got a huge research budget,? he added, ?and the chances of us beating her at that game seem to me rather remote.? As for human cloning...
...effusive Herald article portrays the four teens as groundbreakers, blazing the path for their younger high school counterparts. However, thousands of miles away from their tropical homes, the students are quick to dismiss their minor celebrity status. “It was nice that we got recognition for it, but not just for us,” Martin says. “It was more for the school, the other students, and the teachers—especially them, because I feel like they deserve their spot on the stage...
When a musician declares onstage at the House of Blues that “I want everything I do to be unprecedented,” it tempting to swiftly dismiss him as another brash, wishful rock star...
...novelty of their schoolgirl lesbian antics - Tatu is an acronym of the Russian for "This girl loves that girl" - has some British tabloids drooling over the young Muscovites. These are the same papers that have also been running high-profile campaigns to expose pedophiles. Tatu's critics dismiss the act as musical child pornography. (paedo-pop plumbs the depths read one headline.) Says Michele Elliott, director of the child- protection charity Kidscape: "It's pandering to dirty old men's images of young girls in school uniforms being sexual. It's very irresponsible." It's not dirty old men that...
...Monday’s council meeting, several residents from Riverside stood up one after the other, urging councillors to immediately dismiss the planning board’s proposal...