Word: dismissiveness
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...Mahathir?s plan is easy to dismiss as the folly of an economically inept autocrat. But by going through with it, Mahathir has drawn a line in the sand: It?s him against the barbarians. And in this age where economic and political ideology have become inextricably entwined, the stakes are high. Mahathir evidently dreams of an Asia resurgent on its own terms, reborn in its own image, not that of the West. If his course succeeds, and Malaysia recovers, the rest of the region could follow his example and pull disastrously back from necessary economic reforms. At worst...
...shared environments can also exist inside the home. Maybe, for example, parents treat siblings differently--doting on Jimmy and screaming at Johnny, say--and that is why Johnny went bad. If Harris is to demolish the nurture assumption, she must somehow dismiss such dynamics...
...when Starr's report hits Congress, it seems, Clinton can no longer rely on fellow Democrats to dismiss it out of hand. The theme on Capitol Hill Tuesday was "betrayal," as liberal luminaries lined up to wag the finger at their wayward President. "I am very disappointed in his personal conduct," said Dick Gephardt. "My trust in his credibility has been shattered," lamented Senator Dianne Feinstein of California -- previously one of the President's most vocal defenders, now a vituperative detractor. Hell hath no fury like a congresswoman scorned...
...dress would prove his undoing, the growing consensus that he was walking into a perjury trap, led outsiders to assert that he would soon have no choice but to confess all--and insiders to suspect essentially the opposite: that he would admit not a single thing, deny any romance, dismiss Lewinsky as a fantasizing stalker and even consider refusing to turn over a blood sample that could match his DNA to the stain on the dress. Fight it out, all the way, without looking back...
...your broker, barber or brother off the hook for that lousy stock tip just yet. But don't dismiss the value of being part of the lawsuit either. After all, the money you lost is gone. Whatever you recover is better than nothing, and it won't cost you a cent to collect. The tricks are staying informed so that you know when to file a claim and being able to lay your hands on the needed documents when judgment day finally arrives. If you were pummeled in any of the recent debacles--recall the collapse of HMO company Oxford...