Word: dismissiveness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Crimson editors tend to dismiss "anonymous phone tips" as the work of unfunny Lampoon pranksters or overzealous first-years who have just rented All the President's Men. Yesterday morning, the phone rang, as it tends to do at the Crimson, with yet another anonymous tipster. The conversation went something like this...
THOSE who support the American economic and military agenda of the past 15 years dismiss the campus peace movement as a bunch of idealistic hippie-wannabes. But those of us who have been critical of this country's priorities have recently been fighting amongst ourselves--bitterly...
...Preserving the American Way of Life." There is no doubt that America's energy profligacy and addiction to Gulf oil are at the root of Bush's new-found concern for sovereignty and human rights. But "no blood for oil" chants dismiss too glibly the real pain that Iraqi control of oil reserves would exert. For example, doctors report increased malnutrition among Boston children, as their parents must use more of their disposable income to heat their homes. The tradeoff between oil and food is even more acute in the Third World. War is always more palatable when...
...prove positive, to refrain from performing invasive procedures unless they have the informed consent of the patient or are faced with an emergency. The new policy would be voluntary, but medical institutions, already skittish about potential | lawsuits, could be expected to pressure their staffs to submit to testing and dismiss those who turn up positive...
...desire to dismiss the absurd and spurious charges against James O. Freedman '57, president of Dartmouth College, without retort is compelling. The fear that a single uninformed reader may believe what was quoted necessitates this response...