Word: dismissed
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...cruelty to that woman was distinctly misogynist. People could dismiss her as a thing rather than treating her as a person because they had the societally approved venue of evaluating her worth by her body...
...jury rendered its verdict, Hazelwood talked wistfully about going back to sea. "That's what I do," he said. His attorney suggested he might even try to persuade Exxon to reinstate his client as skipper of an oil tanker. As unlikely as that now seems, no one can dismiss the surprising reversal of perception that last week's verdict seemed to confirm. Said Mei Mei Evans, coordinator of an Alaska-based coalition of environmentalists called the Oil Reform Alliance: "Exxon and Hazelwood are just two agents in a very complicated and very flawed system of extraction and transportation of petroleum...
This may be boring, because who cares what a critic has to say anyway since they're all assholes, but as you finish browsing through these photos, which depict the life cycle of House production, you'll see that it is very important, too important to dismiss. A critic who doesn't ask himself after every show whether he has any business being a critic has no business being critic...
...help Chamorro consolidate her victory. Bush has promised to let the five-year trade embargo lapse when Chamorro takes office, and he will no doubt agree to restoring Nicaragua's credit at the international lending institutions. He will resume full diplomatic relations. But his aides have been quick to dismiss the notion of a cash windfall. "It will not be anywhere near what some of the Nicaraguans are asking," said an Administration official. The U.S. is strapped for money for its own domestic needs and swamped by requests from other emerging democracies. Bush appears likely to limit himself to general...
...border with the police and the KGB -- and cross the border to the West, which was a fantastic relief. I felt it was a miracle. I crossed the border with my KGB identification card in my pocket. For some reason, the KGB did not dismiss me after my interrogation, so I was still in its employ when I escaped, though I had been removed from my previous position. I think they suspected I was working for the West and hoped to get more evidence against me before they executed...