Word: dismissiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite this security risk, Alaskan undergraduates say they fear the United States government is doing little to prevent Zhirinovsky from fulfilling his campaign promises. Given that Alaska is a mere 51 miles east of the Siberian mainland, Alaskan students say they are not so quick to dismiss Zhirinovsky's threats. The newly revealed Elipton, a weapon of mass destruction more powerful than a nuclear weapon, has students especially concerned...
Calling Eichler enthusiastic is a stretch. The assistant district attorney, realizing that Rooney's investigation had provided him with nothing remotely resembling a case, badly wanted to settle and go on with his life. He even offered to dismiss the matter without a finding (essentially letting the guards off scot-free)--and was turned down...
...theologians have addressed the subject. The modern exception is Billy Graham, whose 1975 book Angels: God's Secret Agents was a national best seller: 2.6 million copies. In a sense it was a natural outgrowth of his biblical scholarship; one cannot believe in a literal interpretation of Scripture and dismiss the role that angels play throughout it. Furthermore, for many theologians the belief fulfills the promise of a merciful God. In the face of war, hunger, AIDS, drugs, sorrow and fear, only a force more potent than any earthly power could provide peace. "These are desperate times," says Peter Kreeft...
...spent his campaign distancing himself from me. Now that he's President he's trying to dismiss me. He's trying to prop up other black leaders. It's not working. Look at the polls; walk the streets. The other guys don't have the juice. It's only...
Andrew Cuomo, who serves as HUD's czar for the homeless, is among those who dismiss such ideas. "You can't force people into treatment programs," he says. "It won't work." But Cuomo thinks he understands the roots of the backlash that Hamill represents. "People are afraid, and I think that fear is vented in terms of anger," he says. "They see all these groups that have raised hope by saying they could help, and the situation is worse now than it was 10 years...