Word: jeering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even as we jeer at the paper cherry blossoms fluttering off Kyoto lampposts, we may also envy the sense of continuity and history and community they enforce; and marvel at how a society can function like an orchestra, each person playing his part while attending to a common score. A country with a sense of seasons has greater respect for the old, and a clearer sense of tomorrow. That is why newspapers in Japan that meticulously chart the dates on which the leaves will fall may be precious in not just the derogatory sense. And why a Japanese would understand...
...like to add a few more parting shots before I sign off: perhaps a last jab at the Republican Congress that thinks it can cut taxes and the deficit at the same time; or a jeer at the Core program's limited choice and lack of a consistent mission; maybe even a bittersweet good-bye to the cash-strapped Undergraduate Council, which has finally taken the wise path of popular elections...
Sexual anxiety in "Hour" has more to do with delusional love than anxiety. It's not just his wife Johan fears, it is high society itself--quick to leech off him for his artistic skill but just as eager to jeer at him as a spurned suitor or a freak...
While their homes burned behind them, refugees streamed across the country, tying up every road in northern Bosnia with thousands of vehicles. Profiteers sold gasoline for 10 DMs a liter, tap water for 2 DMs a liter. Wherever the convoys passed, Croats gathered to jeer, releasing a barrage of bricks, boulders and manure. "Monkeys!" they screamed. "Murderers!" "Go back to Serbia!" One of the worst incidents occurred in Sisak, where Croats began pulling people out of their vehicles and beating them; a woman later died from her injuries. In one of this war's strangest twists, more than...
...example, Harvard Coach Tim Murphy decided to have his team punt the ball from the Cornell 33 instead of going for it on fourth down. How about a good-natured jeer to let him know that it would be more exciting to go for it--you don't lose too much in the way of field position if you don't make the first down...