Word: dismissiveness
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...time did I dismiss as irrelevant her concern with the security of the area. On a personal level, I was concerned with her very evident perception of the area as extremely unsafe, and tried to reassure her that my presence, as well as the presence of the other guards in the area, was designed to create a safe environment...
Though Reagan made "family" the first on the list of "shared values that he considers fundamental, he and his chief aides did their best to dismiss the controversy over family issues as relatively insignificant when compared with economic problems and foreign policy. That attempt may not succeed. Not only did pro-ERA demonstrators protest noisily outside the convention hall, but conservatives inside also indicated that these issues will not go away...
...dismiss Brzezinski as a hothead...
...taking over from Yusufu Lule, Amin's first successor, who was deposed after only ten weeks, the chubby lawyer barely survived a string of no-confidence motions brought against him in the country's parliament. The immediate cause of Binaisa's overthrow was his attempt to dismiss Brigadier David Oyite Ojok as army chief of staff, reportedly because Ugandan troops, ordered to conduct house-to-house searches for arms in Kampala, had looted many of the homes. Troops loyal to Ojok quickly seized the radio station in Kampala and began broadcasting anti-Binaisa messages. After two days...
Releasing Sacred Songs now will definitely hurt the credibility of Hall's apparent switch to a more vivacious style. The unknowing will simply dismiss this work as just another softie-gone-new-wave commercial album (as with Billy Joel's Glass Houses and the Eagles' Long Run). Certainly, the executives at RCA had the cash-in objective in mind when they decided to release Sacred Songs at this time...