Word: dismissiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Mack said last year that his colleagues weretoo quick to dismiss his work...
Russia's top security officials offered their resignations over their handling of Russia's recent hostage crisis and the war in Chechnya. The move is expected to appease parliament just two days before a crucial confidence vote inPresident Boris Yeltsin's Presidency. Parliament members demanded that Yeltsin dismiss the officials whenthey backed down from mounting impeachment proceedings against the President. Still, the move may be purely cosmetic. Yeltsin can wait until after the vote to accept or reject the resignations...
Perhaps the most dangerous aspect about desensitization is its sheer insidiousness. It's all too easy to overlook, dismiss or parody this essential characteristic of the whole process. When the New York Times interviewed Pittsburgh moviegoers about Dole's speech, several of them argued against desensitization by maintaining that people can tell the difference between fiction and reality. The remarks of Kristy Larsen, a 17-year-old high school junior, were typical. "People can make up their own minds," she said. "I saw `Natural Born Killers' seven times. I really liked it. But I didn't go out and shoot...
...minded Economist to say something nice. Those nice chaps tried, but they didn't succeed. A recent article in the magazine chronicles Harvard's annus horribilis with zeal, but in the end discounts the last year as an aberration, falling back on Harvard's name and stature to complacently dismiss the unfortunately events as novelties. In doing so, The Economist entirely misses the point and does Harvard a great injustice...
...colleagues at the law school dismiss the claims made by the interest groups, saying that Fried is fully qualified and an appropriate choice for the position...