Word: reproach
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Most of this awkward time she has been quiet, with a dull gaze that harbors reproach, for him or herself or both. At one point she touches her dark shirt to brush off something we can't quite see - is it her chagrin, her defeat, the evidence of her lover's passion? Then, Jean plays the gentleman and makes a fatal mistake. He says, "I forgive you." And she explodes in a derisive giggle. Even more than the insult, he senses the threat. "Then this letter is not the worst of it?" he asks, and she replies, like a death...
...vaguely pathological sexual fantasy.” Suffice it to say the video’s message, and that of the party generally, was that participating women should bring scant clothes and few inhibitions.And one cannot help but wonder whether there were any private words of reproach that passed between TBTN organizers and their Owl Club co-sponsors. Because publicly, TBTN organizers were inauspiciously mum. One might have expected a disavowal, a roundtable, even a protest.That is, one might expect those reactions if one was altogether unacquainted with the heritage of TBTN, whose bottom line is not just about stopping...
While the military's reproach is the most remarkable, it follows some public criticism of Rumsfeld from the civilian side of the Administration that seems to signal he is no longer feared. Last month, Condoleezza Rice acknowledged "tactical errors, thousands of them" in the conduct of the war. That remark, which Rice later characterized as a figure of speech, led Rumsfeld to respond, "I don't know what she was talking about, to be perfectly honest." And though he bears some responsibility for overstating the case for war before the invasion, Powell took aim at his old rival Rumsfeld...
...During his two years in office, Singh's integrity has come to be viewed as beyond reproach. And on Thursday Gandhi - who repeatedly refused the party leadership after her husband Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991 and has now given up power twice in as many years - said she was stepping down because it was "the right thing to do" in a situation where "some people have been trying to create an atmosphere as if government and parliament are being used only to favor...
...more hours, I guarantee that the police department would take away my badge. Cheney's decision not to publicly disclose the accident until it was convenient for him shows more of the same "We're above the law" attitude from Republicans, when what they should be is beyond reproach. Maja Ramirez Chicago Police Department, Chicago It's puzzling to think that anyone could enjoy blasting away at quail. The quail's little "bobwhite" whistle is one of the most beautiful sounds. Quail are farmers' friends, eating insects that are harmful to crops. These gentle birds harm no one and take...