Word: dismissiveness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wellsprings of current sour European attitudes to the U.S., and how deep are they? How long will they last? How serious are their implications for the ability of the great democracies to work together to confront some of the most pressing issues facing the world? It's easy to dismiss Europe's current, curdled view of things American as something that will change over time. After all, it has done so before. Sure, the argument goes, the Bush Administration has alienated Europe - over Iraq and Guantánamo and global warming, to name but three salient issues...
...going to be the fulcrum of world wars anytime soon. It's only natural for Washington's attention to swivel toward Asia, with its rising powers, where U.S. ties are already extensive, and where it can deploy far more top-level expertise than modern Europe can. Some Americans dismiss Europe entirely. Kenneth Feltman of Radnor Inc., who surveys high-level "decision makers" for corporations and political candidates, says his U.S. decision makers have little sense of connection with Europe. One word always gets them nodding about Europe: "Whiney." Says Feltman: "Americans say, 'We used to worry about what Europe wants...
...Guns in Rain”—tend to be compositionally simple, but not simplistic. Each ten-minute film frames one or more children in a static shot, employing live-action but preserving photographic boundaries. At first glance, it may be easy to dismiss Lockhart’s films as uninvolved, as not much “happens.” “What is this?” whispered a middle-aged visitor to her husband, as the two sat in an in-gallery screening room, “Kids just sitting around smoking...
Against the objections of Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Sean J. Casey, Judge George R. Sprague '60 decided Wednesday to dismiss Thomas' case, as long as the 22-year-old defendant abides by the terms of his probation...
...knew, were merely rephrasing work written by other people,” wrote Bottum. Such heavy use of research assistants in the construction of his work, Bottum charged, was academic dishonesty serious enough to have Ogletree’s tenure revoked. Harvard saw things differently and did not dismiss Ogletree; the professor continues to teach at Harvard Law School.Just a few weeks after Ogletree’s admission, the Weekly Standard lambasted Laurence Tribe—who had vocally defended Ogletree—and pointed out numerous places where his 1985 “God Save This Honorable Court?...