Word: disregarded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...five restaurants in the mall served any (which was one of my prerequisites), so we had to walk a block-and-a half to purchase a couple of six-packs of Molson Golden at Essex Liquors. Having accomplished my important task of the evening, I decided to disregard some of the more cosmopolitan tastes of my companions and opt for the most American-sounding of the restaurants, the Lucky...
Despite tales of wild disregard for the law, the waitress says she can not serve those who do not show acceptable i.d. In the back of the club, another dancer, wearing fatigue patterned bikini briefs writhes to the music...
...first one is astonished and dismayed by his disregard for the convention of chronological recall. For Bergman's films, no matter how deeply they plunge into the dank depths of his characters, have always been severely, intricately logical in structure and cool, almost objective, in tone. But one comes to see that this is the most profound point of this ruthless book. What Bergman is saying is that however acutely his art reflected his sense of life, it was much more important to him as a refuge from life. It was the place where he could at least briefly impose...
...unconstitutional and proceeds to sign it anyway," he declared last week. "If the Vice President is saying that he would sign an unconstitutional bill, then in my judgment he is not fit to hold office." Escalating the hyperbole, Dukakis likened Bush's stance on the pledge to the wanton disregard for law revealed in the Iran-contra affair: "We've had a series of incidents in this Administration where laws were broken or ignored, and I don't know if this is part of a pattern." Dukakis' subtext: "I'm more responsible than the other...
...Schwartzbergs' comments suggest, Israelis make special claims on travelers' loyalties. American Jews who cancel trips can find themselves the object of sharp criticism. "American Jews have a responsibility to disregard the reports and come here," says Harry Wall, director of the Anti-Defamation League office in Israel. "Anyone who stays away is succumbing to Arab pressure...