Word: disrespective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reasonable, "then we'll simply let the matter go before the convention floor and let the nation observe it and the convention decide it." His campaign chairman, Richard Hatcher, told TIME Correspondent Jack White that he would rather see Reagan re-elected than "take one more day of disrespect from this party." Jackson, however, has promised to support the Democratic nominee. Said he: "Both Mondale and Hart are men I respect very much...
...operative Faculty legislation on the issue, the 1970 Resolution on Rights and Responsibilities, states "that intense personal harassment of such a character as to amount to grave disrespect for the dignity of others be regarded as an unacceptable violation of the personal rights on which the University is based...
When the U.S. denied the World Court jurisdiction over its actions in Central America, the State Department quickly called the step a "tactical litigation move, not a sign of disrespect for the court." But the effect of the U.S. decision was to expose the court's limited clout...
...cast ballots in their local towns and villages. To find their proper polling table, voters were required to consult posted lists; few were able to find their names, even with the help of poll officials. As voters wandered back and forth in 100° temperatures, tempers flared. "This shows disrespect for the people," said Antonio Meléndez, a bearded mechanic who spent five hours in the stadium without casting his ballot. "We have been made to suffer for no good reason...
...collection of ramshackle, barrack-like buildings in the Paris suburb of Nanterre: "When you've got nothing to do and nothing to look forward to, it's a way to hide from reality, just as French kids do. Young North Africans are sick of rejection, unemployment and disrespect. Unless you have a strong character, it's easy to fall into." Studies by France's Social Affairs and Solidarity Ministry indicate, however, that immigrants are no more delinquent than native Frenchmen of equivalent age and social situation...