Word: dismissiveness
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...resolution proves unattainable, how difficult would it be for the U.S. to turf out Saddam and rebuild Iraq without U.N. support? In terms of actually fighting a war, there shouldn't be a problem. American soldiers (some of them, at least) tend to dismiss those of other nations. "They get in the way, can't speak English too well--except for the Brits--and their weapons can't keep up with ours," says one Army officer. Indeed, with or without a U.N. vote, Pentagon plans for a war assume that only the British--who will provide about...
Velvel said the courts can throw out such cases based on standing—the eligibility of plaintiffs to bring suit in the first place—or the “political question” rationale used to dismiss Bonifaz’ suit...
...submitted reports to the nine-member crash investigation board told TIME last week they believe the problems may be more institutional than technical. With budgets tight, safety protocols may have been allowed to erode over time. When problems or anomalies were spotted, administrators may have been too quick to dismiss them as non-life-threatening...
...Faculty voted on Feb. 11 to dismiss from the College Randy J. Gomes and Suzanne M. Pomey, members of the class of 2002 who were convicted last fall of embezzling almost $100,000 from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals...
...last time a student was dismissed from the College was in 1999, when the full Faculty voted to dismiss D. Drew Douglas and Joshua M. Elster, Class of 2000, who were charged in separate incidents of rape...