Word: reproachfulness
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...date movies, but only women would use that designation now; for guys they're more like bondage, and not the fun kind. The average guy hates or dismisses McConaughey movies because they'll require him to sit with his girlfriend through 100 minutes of extreme rendition, then endure her reproach that he's not nearly so cute, buff or romantically attentive as the hunk on screen. Men hate a ladies' man, a species of which McConaughey may be the last, best example. He speaks in silkily modulated tones, carries himself with a lithe sexual assurance...
...desire to define our relationship for everyone else—isn’t it enough for us to define our relationship with the only other person whom it concerns?Surely, proclaiming to the world that you care deeply about another person is not an action that warrants reproach. However, the transition from “single” to “in a relationship” on Facebook often stems from less-than-genuine sentiments, such as the desire to arouse jealousy in exes and single friends and the need for attention. Such motives, which would be decried...
...United States attempts to repair its image with Muslims around the world, it is imperative that our deeds match up to our lofty aspirations. Our society’s respect for religious freedom should be beyond reproach; the Valentine case has simply demonstrated that there is still much work left to be done...
...foreign policy - and his Administration's will be a diplomacy of constant, persistent attention to the world's problem areas rather than slapdash summitry. The occasion for Obama's visit was the announcement of two special envoys, Richard Holbrooke and George Mitchell, both of whom represent a silent reproach to the Bush Administration. Holbrooke will have the near impossible task of untangling the mess in Afghanistan and Pakistan, a problem exacerbated by recent American inattention to detail in the area. (The deterioration toward chaos in Pakistan, especially, surprised some of the President's closest aides...
...considering appointing Kennedy to the seat Senator Hillary Clinton will give up in January for her new post at the State Department. But such an appointment would be unwise, and not for any reason concerning Ms. Kennedy’s political experience or character, which are both above reproach. Frankly, if she is named to the position, New York voters and the country will be forced into yet another cycle of dynastic politics, in which celebrated surnames, rather than individual achievements, are allowed to earn positions of authority and through which the integrity of the American political system is significantly...