Word: odiously
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...take it down, then, because Harvard Hillel and other members of the Jewish community have chosen not to see the more important goal. They have chosen not to unite with other communities to eliminate the displays of such racist and odious symbols as communities in other schools such as Cornell have done...
...week on joint patrols in cities across the country, the question of just what they were there for took on fresh urgency. Defense Minister Dmitri Yazov and Interior Minister Boris Pugo, who drafted the order in secret last Dec. 29, say the new patrols are intended to combat an odious side effect of economic and political liberalization: a steep rise in violent crime...
...what is understandable on that level is not necessarily acceptable when it is translated into offensive behavior. Men and women are capable of recognizing and resolving their most instinctive reactions, and functioning on a level that is decent, fair and just. Discrimination rooted in those resentments is odious and indefensible. Even against whiny prep school brats...
...premise of Metropolitan might immediately strike some as odious, and the near-masturbatory depiction of the lifestyle of the leisure set might also strike some as pretentious. The film at times seems to be self-satirizing, but the wit in Metropolitan is rarely meanspirited enough to be satirical. But Stillman, who directed, produced and wrote the work, saves the film from a sure, sudden death by carefully drawing characters who communicate through precariously graceful dialogue...
Until recently, new tobacco brands met little resistance. But target marketing has taken on an odious reputation as tobacco makers aim for the few groups that have been slow to kick the habit. The companies have long argued that they are selling a legal product to consumers capable of making their own choices, but as cigarette makers focus on younger and less-educated consumers, that argument becomes harder to support...