Word: dismissed
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Levy believes that though it may be fun to be treated as one of the guys, FCPs become inherently complicit in the devaluation of women, because they so easily dismiss other women...
...resolution, submitted by Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Daniel S. Fisher and obtained by The Crimson last night, does not mention the words “resign” or “dismiss.” But its text clearly conveys dissatisfaction with the current state of the central administration...
President Bushmay wave away Democratic critics of domestic eavesdropping, but one challenger is proving harder to dismiss: Heather Wilson, a plainspoken Air Force veteran from New Mexico and four-term G.O.P. Congresswoman little known outside of national-security circles. As chair of the House subcommittee that authorizes technical intelligence, she has waged a behind-the-scenes battle for access to information about the controversial surveillance program since word of it leaked in December. She won a significant victory last week. After she called for a full investigation of the spying, the White House ended 54 days of stonewalling...
...enrolled in his second semester of Intermediate Spanish—as well as the roommate of a person who was quite literally driven to tears while research-writing “Let’s Go: Peru” last summer—I am not so quick to dismiss Guillen’s strong words.On behalf of the Harvard community, in fact, I will take them a step further. I hereby extend a formal offer to the Sox skipper.Mr. Guillen, you are invited to Cambridge, Mass.Upon arrival, you will be subsequently “[dropped] in the middle...
...should brace themselves before reading this latest book on bringing up children. Sensitive types won't be far into Raising an Optimistic Child (McGraw-Hill; 239 pages) before the fear hits that they've messed up their kids. Husband-and-wife authors Bob Murray and Alicia Fortinberry don't dismiss the role genes play in shaping us. But they focus on the ways parenting can set up a child for a lifetime of joy or misery. "Bad parenting" is a phrase they're not afraid to use, and to their minds it encompasses much more than blatant offenses like physical...