Word: disrespective
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gift for confrontational theater, led an "action faction" of S.D.S. He wrote an open letter to University President Grayson Kirk, which he closed with a line from LeRoi Jones: "Up against the wall, m, this is a stickup." With some of the student movement's talent for converting disrespect to symbolic desecration, the occupation forces moved into Kirk's office, smoked his cigars (one student with his feet perched on Kirk's desk, an act of smirking and virtually Oedipal lese majeste -- O.K., Dad, whatcha gonna do about it, huh?) and, after six days of occupation, left the place...
...throw in every surefire giggle from Nehru jackets to the way rich people talk without opening their mouths, but in the end he made chicken a la king comical. And in this sparklingly crabby sequel to his previous collections of columns, Uncivil Liberties and With All Disrespect, he is also amusing about George Shultz, South Yemen and political mottoes (he favors "Never Been Indicted" for statesmen to whom it applies). Trillin, as the home folks say, is wired-up funny. Catch him before his insulation fries...
DOUGLAS GINSBURG deserved to have his nomination to the Supreme Court shot down because his drug use as a Harvard professor and a Supreme Court clerk demonstrated a fundamental disrespect for the laws it is his duty to defend. A duly elected legislature passed the measure forbidding marijuana use. No judge has ruled the law unconstitutional. Yet for some reason Ginsburg believed that he did not have to obey...
...derogatory statement about the dining hall staff" referred to in the article was unfortunately misconstrued by newcomers to Quincy House who are not familiar with my style which admittedly is susceptible to misunderstanding I meant no disrespect to the checkers. I only meant to express my frustration, through hyperbole, that complicated interhouse schemes would not be workable at Quincy. As I said to Brooke Masters of The Crimson, I meant my remark in an obviously sarcastic way, and to anyone who was offended by it. I offer my sincere apologies, both to Quincy newcomers and to dining hall staff members...
...foreigner, who is expected to appear in court this month, faces charges of sedition for daring to suggest that certain Swazi traditions, such as the reed-dance ceremony, might be "ungodly and immoral." As the people of Swaziland are learning, Fire Eyes does not take lightly any kind of disrespect...