Word: odiously
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...really want to epitomize the odious sanctimoniousness of hypocritical moralizers? Countries like Iran are willing to sit at the table and admit their short-comings while America The Pure would rather ignore its poor...
...metaphysics is breathtaking. A child stands in court, and demands the legal right never to have existed. The judges on the bench nod gravely. Except that it is not the "deformed" child that stands in court. It is parents and lawyers, collaborating in odious work...
...idea of perfectibility by abortion is an odious meme that should have vanished with Dr. Mengele. But instead, it has survived and prospered. Instead of being tried as a war criminal, the idea ends up being validated by a French court. It ends up, in fact, as a chief option of what might be called the Hubristic Scientific Override, the mechanism whereby human expertise may correct the blunders of the genes...
...turning to other outlets for their sentimental needs because traditional greeting cards are in a sad state. Gone are the gentle witticisms of the past. In their place, a new breed of cards has emerged: Crass, vulgar and totally inappropriate for anyone not hoping to pledge a particularly odious fraternity...
...McCain (R-Ariz.) to pass the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform legislation--especially now that the bill seems headed for the floor. Bush, who is not fond of the bill, would do well to embrace this issue and take a meaningful step towards ridding the political atmosphere of massive, odious campaign contributions...