Word: flout
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...come to this. not only does the U.S. Vice President flout an Executive Order, but he has the unmitigated gall to tell us the branch of government to which he belongs. The President then commutes the sentence of a convicted felon who just happens to be the Vice President's former chief of staff. It is stunning to me that almost 144 years later, the words uttered by Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address have been trampled and disregarded so callously by the four branches (now including Cheney's hybrid branch) of our government. Indeed, it would appear that government...
...Furthermore, Beijing is counting on the excitement leading up to the opening ceremony, and China's legendary hospitality, to take attention away from the protests. In April, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman was quoted in The Washington Post saying that a boycott for "any excuse or political reasons" would flout "the goodwill of the people from all over the world...
...instance, that Jesus' line that "he who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me" defies the commandment to "honor thy father and mother" and that his liberties with Saturday rules on grounds that "the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath" flout the one that explicitly orders all humans to observe the day. Most important, Neusner read Jesus' repeated rhetorical formula "You have heard that it was said [in the Torah] ... But I say to you ... " as his claim to be not merely the religio-military Messiah some Jews hoped...
...music purchase.Plus, since the industry as a whole seems on the verge of moving away from DRM, the PERFORM Act seems to have missed the boat on how best to protect copyrighted material. And as the flames of discontent are fanned, more and more people will continue to flout the strides taken by the music industry to prevent illegal content usage.As Jobs said, “There are many smart people in the world, some with a lot of time on their hands, who love to discover such secrets and publish a way for everyone to get free (and stolen...
...getting themselves some tax cuts. Maybe those traditional Christians that you see at the Democratic National Convention aren’t godless, but have a family member suffering from Parkinson’s disease and can see the potential benefits of stem-cell research. Ultimately, when these people flout the expectations of our culture, they acknowledge that there is in fact more than one aspect of their identity or lifestyle that’s important to them...