Word: disrespectfulness
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...arrived on his and Stella's doorstep, Blanche begins to lose the facade of reality she carried as the last reminder of her former life, She has lost the family's country plantation, Belle Reve (translated as "beautiful dream"). And Blanche, confronted by Stanley Kowalski's brash manner and disrespect, loses the last hold on her own "beautiful dream" of maintaining her life as a lady...
...using the presidency as a source of symbolic support for Rushdie, Clinton incurred the wrath of some Muslims in Iran and Egypt. Notwithstanding his timid and apologetic assurances that he "meant no disrespect" to the Muslim world, however, Clinton did the right thing...
Shame, Christopher, is the feeling one has when one treats another with disgrace and disrespect. Shame is the human experience of realizing that one has acted inhumanely. Shame is the sense of embarrassment and regret that overwhelms each of us when we appreciate how callous we have been, how intolerant or fearful. Shame is what we feel when we are young and mean to one younger, poor and indifferent to one poorer, willing to act superior toward those more rejected than ourselves...
...effort to expose alleged chronic problems of physical mistreatment, disrespect and race-related antagonism in Harvard's police department, a Boston lawyer is seeking students who say they have been harassed by police...
Silverglate said that problems of harassment and disrespect may indicate that Harvard officers are alienated from the students they serve...