Word: dismissiveness
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...only credit the genuine concern for justice and due process demonstrated by Bok and Steiner. But we abhor the fact that Popkin goes free only when the government sees fit to dismiss a grand jury which it had milked to the hilt...
This is not to invalidate the legend or to dismiss its power. It is simply necessary to see the legend whole, as a potential moral force not a national anesthetic. As William Butler Yeats observed: "In dreams begins responsibility." Over there, the dreamers conceived the American idea; they dream it still. Over here, the awakening can no longer be postponed. To defer the responsibilities of the American Dream is to invite the U.S. to produce its own Emigrants some day. And where in the world could they...
...Chappaquiddick, which still lingers uneasily in the minds of many voters and of party professionals as well. Much as they respect Ted's political skills, the pros wonder if he has the character to survive the long pull of presidential politics. Even casual gossip, which they would dismiss if it concerned another man, makes them edgy when it involves Kennedy. There are occasional rumors of girl chasing that disturb his fellow Democrats. About his general restlessness, one party elder muses: "There's something for psychiatry here." Another Democrat feels that Ted is "trouble-prone." Says a longtime Senate...
After reading page after page of warmed-over scandal, it's tempting to dismiss the Congress Project report as a bloated Washington gossip column. Opening with a page of come-ons--"READ ALL ABOUT IT! What the 'Games Congressmen Play' are--from 'politics of deference' to congressional love and marriage to the secret hideaway offices of the Capitol rulers"--the report exudes sensationalism. The authors rehash the escapades of John Dowdy. Adam Clayton and that "malign genius" Thomas Dodd: they compare companies sending funds through campaign committees to "crooks lugging baskets of dirty money to be washed through legitimate business...
Ellsberg said yesterday at his home in Cambridge, that he thinks the ruling reflects the court's view that trials should not be interrupted, rather than indicating its position on wiretapping. He added that his lawyers would ask Byrne to dismiss the jury when the trail is resumed...