Word: dismissiveness
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...myth Bezos tried to dismiss was that the "Internet changes everything." The Internet, said Bezos, "doesn't change people." With an explosion in online retailers, Bezos claimed that brand names are even more important online than in traditional brick and mortar businesses...
...There's no surprise in this decision, since it is common for medical reports that are being used as grounds to dismiss a court case to be made available to both sides," says TIME London bureau chief Jef McAllister. "Straw had been accused of keeping the records out of the hands of those pushing for Pinochet's extradition to make it easier to get the general out of the country. Now his stay will be prolonged, reviving the government's greatest concern - that Pinochet dies in Britain." The medical records that prompted Straw to conclude that the general's physical...
Ralph S. Boyd, Averell's attorney, said that the decision to dismiss the case was jointly reached by Delta, the Suffolk County Distract Attorney's office and the Averell family...
...delay] is just a device that the court uses to make sure that someone who is charged who they are intending to dismiss the action does not get into any other trouble," Boyd said...
...Women's groups at Harvard have mobilized and united in recent months as several large issues played themselves out on campus. On Oct. 1, Radcliffe College merged with Harvard and lost its status as an independent college. Last spring the Faculty voted to dismiss two male undergraduates who had been convicted in the courts of sexual assault...