Word: dismissiveness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...maintains that she continues to press the council about these issues every week because the city neglects to take action. “There’s an attempt of the city to dismiss me and characterize me as some crank who comes in there every week, but I’m interested in them bringing the city into compliance...the city is actively ignoring the federal law,” Podgers insists...
...American nation: a role for a constitutional monarch. It is significant that Margaret Thatcher?no shrinking violet?feared no politician yet freely admitted that she faced her weekly briefing sessions with the Queen with trepidation. I greatly enjoyed your story about the Queen, but please don't dismiss her role as "self-evidently nonsensical." Let the monarchy evolve. Michael Alan Peate Ottawa...
...American nation: a role for a constitutional monarch. It is significant that Margaret Thatcher - no shrinking violet - feared no politicians yet freely admitted that she faced her weekly briefing sessions with the Queen with trepidation. I greatly enjoyed your story about the Queen, but please don't dismiss her role as "self-evidently nonsensical." Let the monarchy evolve. Michael Alan Peate Ottawa A General Disagreement It's a pity that the American public was not privileged to hear the dissenting voices of professional soldiers such as Lieut. General Greg Newbold [April 17] before incompetent civilians like Bush, Donald Rumsfeld...
...Then Javier Lozano Cardinal Barragán, who heads a Vatican health committee, said his panel was preparing a document that would "reconsider" the church's stance. Not so fast. Vatican sources say the church's position has not changed - and will not change soon. Officials flatly dismiss reports that the Vatican is about to release a document that will condone any condom use - even in cases in which one spouse has hiv. And Barragán backtracked, saying his office was producing only an internal "study" of the issue. "This is something that has been studied for years...
...fast. Vatican sources say the church's position has not changed--and will not change soon. Officials flatly dismiss reports that the Vatican is about to publish a document that will condone any condom use--even when one spouse has HIV. And Barragn backtracked, saying his office was producing only an internal "study" of the issue. "This is something that has been studied for years," a well-placed Vatican source told TIME. "But there's no sign at all that a document is set to come out." The official didn't rule out a possible policy tweak...