Word: dismissed
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...often, I have watched Harvard students dismiss the council as a high school student council on steroids, with responsibilities ranging from movie nights to writing bad checks for student groups. Low voter turnout shows that people feel like they do not have a stake in the council—despite the fact that this is the most opportune time for change in the past three decades...
...question facing businessmen across Libya as the prospect of a full-force American return to the country builds. Back in Tripoli, Seif Gaddafi says the conundrum is "very classic," faced by countless developing countries. Then, as with most problems, he finds a reason to dismiss this one. "The story of Libya is different," he says. "We have a strong leadership--that is obvious." And thanks to $20 billion in foreign reserves from the country's existing oil business, Seif goes on, "we don't lack cash. We don't need capital." But Libya does need modern technological know...
...know you are confident that you can carry an American tune without offending the ears of those whose help you need across the board, from dollar stability to a happy outcome in the greater Middle East. The next time something like the Kyoto Protocol comes around, don't just dismiss European concerns with a haughty gesture. Instead, argue the American case and try to search for common ground, which Powell did not. And argue your case at the Cabinet table instead of deferring to keepers of the flame like Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld. Failing that...
Teammates. Roomies. Best Friends Forever. Call them what you like, the senior trio of Graham Beatty, David Giovacchini and Kevin Rogus won’t mind. The Dunster House residents and roommates since 2002 dismiss the idea that they are perhaps too close with one another...
...either forgotten about these numerous Iraqi ties to international terrorism or has managed to sum them all up as “not plausible.” If The Crimson wishes to argue that these are not valid reasons for war then it should make that attempt. But to dismiss them as not plausible is irresponsible and disrespectful to the countless innocent people who died at the hands of these monsters...