Word: dismissed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...looked frail but basically healthy as he greeted 52 U.S. business leaders and Time Inc. journalists traveling through Asia on a Time-sponsored Newstour. Speaking calmly and firmly, Marcos called Western reports that he was near death "really exaggerated." But he made selective use of facts and figures to dismiss the concerns of U.S. analysts, blandly promising an imminent upturn in the Philippine economy and a decline in the strength of Communist insurgents. Marcos took refuge in dubious legal arguments to defend the 1973 constitution, tailored to legitimize the powers he had seized under martial law, and denied that...
Wanda: Most of them you would probably dismiss as inspirational, hardhearted one. Married People: Staying Together in the Age of Divorce says you must accept change and your partner's limitations, that there is no formula, no single recipe for a successful marriage...
...sure, a ripple of anti-American feeling did surface in Italy, but it has remained limited to an attempt by some 200 protesters to organize an anti- U.S. demonstration at Sigonella. Italian officials dismiss such protests. Said one defense official: "It's like a quarrel between husband and wife. Our ties are too deep, too historic to have been damaged by one incident." For all the appearance of Italian instability, some things never change. As the governing crisis proved once more, no postwar Italian government has ever fallen because of differences over foreign policy...
Leib, more soft-spoken than Koocher, believes that the school committee can do without some of her colleague's controversial stands and opinions. Leib, as well as others, objected to the way in which Koocher successfully attempted to dismiss former superintendent William C. Lannon by drafting a proposal not to renew Lannon's contract at this term's first meeting...
...issues such as forced lie detector tests, compulsory physical examinations and search and seizure of employees' private property by Coors's private police force. Coors has been cited by the National Labor Relations Board for a number of instances of illegal harrassment of employees and continues to harrass and dismiss employees who support unionization. The company has broken 19 unions in the last 20 years. In addition Coors has been implicated in hazardous waste dumping and in unfair employment practices...