Word: disrespective
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...advice to young people involved in political action is to combine the right amount of respect for past movements and the right amount of disrespect for their elders," Davis said. "In these complex times it seems necessary to break with tradition in order to encourage change...
...meant no disrespect," I said. "That particular region has produced many noted poets. I happen to be from Missouri myself, just one state away. So was T.S. Eliot, even though he did eventually move to England and start talking funny...
...they can be loose cannons in sensitive negotiations. Even Richardson has been known to commit a diplomatic faux pas. During his Baghdad meeting with Saddam to free Daliberti and Barloon, the Iraqi leader stormed out briefly when Richardson crossed his legs and showed his shoe sole--a sign of disrespect in Arab culture. "We connected because I was honest and tough,'' says Richardson. "I didn't apologize, even when I crossed my legs...
...would like to express my respect for Allison Kent '99 and commend her courage for her letter "Mentally Ill Students Marginalized and Trivialized" (Oct. 12). Hopefully, any disrespect Ms. Kent has encountered at Harvard is the result of ignorance rather than bigotry. Education is the key, and letters such as hers can overcome ignorance...
Ultimately, since the children alone do not provide enough compelling material, we look to the adults, but they remain stuck in a formula of hemming and hawing over the kids, whether for or against their existence. A late outburst by Ruth about her friends' disrespect of her seems almost an afterthought, and the wrap-up scene, new baby included and old babies rejuvenated, is played with such a smooth resolution, such a return to levity, that we feel vaguely cheated...