Word: dismissiveness
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...Alaskans, before you totally dismiss the conservationists, look at the Great Lakes, the Miami River, the air in Los Angeles, and at Newark and Philadelphia refineries. We "lower 48" have fouled our nest. Please learn from...
...committee probe "has been, in fact, a criminal investigation and trial conducted for the purpose of determining whether or not criminal acts have been committed and the guilt or innocence of individuals." Such a proceeding, the lawyers argued, exceeds Congress's constitutional powers. The answer asked Sirica to dismiss the committee's subpoena on a number of other grounds. It said that the court lacked jurisdiction over the President, that the Senate had not authorized the subpoena and that it was "unreasonably broad and oppressive...
...rape me in the Commons; and I called the cops when I spotted him waiting in a grey Chevy outside my dorm the next day. These Painful Perverts threatened me physically, therefore I had a right to hate them. The others, less brutal, were not so easy to dismiss. There were the Friends of Friends and the Hometown Boys, the Hustlers--"I saw your picture and I fell in love"--and the Hipsters--"Look, baaaa-by, I don't wanna..."--, there were the City Slickers and the Hicks, the Machos and the Movers. There were roommates on dares, painters after...
Most of you will probably dismiss this trend. But beware, for those of you who have already said "nonsense" are the incoming freshmen who have already been conned. You've probably answered every advertisement you've received. Lord only knows how much printed paraphernalia you get before you even set foot on Cambridge soil (and how much more of it you'll get when you finally do). Let's just say the novelty of it all intrigued you to the point of helplessness...
...both had agreed it could not be offered then. Although newspapers carried almost daily stories about the progress of the trial, Ehrlichman said that he had not been aware what stage the trial was in at the time. Actually, it was just before Byrne would consider defense motions to dismiss the case...