Word: resenters
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...resent your attitude that travel in Europe must be expensive to be good. An intimate pension in Florence, an inn on a quiet beach on Mykonos or a quaint hotel in London: that is the kind of place people prefer today. Many American tourists do not care where the Hilton is, and do not spend $10 on breakfast in Rome...
...Japan's social "groupism" inhibits fire-in-the-belly feminism, Japanese women nonetheless recognize and resent their disadvantages. Says Student Ritsuko Yamariyo: "Of course, there's a mountain of discrimination in society, but women are incredibly strong because of it." A government White Paper last year reported that although most women are still content with their responsibilities as keepers of the home, only 13% feel they are given equal status at work, and only 10% believe they are treated equally in terms of social perceptions and customs. Shigeo Saito, author of a national sex survey, found that "Japanese...
...over the causes of Miami's recurrent racial disturbances, police brutality and civilian review issues, does not regret McMullan's departure. Says he: "It will be like missing a sore tooth." Despite the paper's editorial excellence and its emphasis on local community reporting, many Miamians resent the Herald's power and tone of parental authority, often viewing it as an extension of McMullan's own abrasive personality...
Although there is little doubt that the Soviets will choose to stay, their pervasive role in Ethiopia is far from fully supported. Traders in Addis Ababa's thriving bazaar, the Mercado, resent Soviet browsers, who rarely have enough money to buy their merchandise. "They keep to themselves and won't even employ Ethiopians as cooks or drivers," complains one resident. That undercurrent of hostility perhaps explains why Mengistu has not tried to impose many East-bloc values on a country whose Western links go back to the arrival of Portuguese explorers in the 16th century...
Sendero claims to be fighting for Peru's 15 million rural and largely impoverished Indians and mixed bloods. They bitterly resent the nation's 3 million whites, who have dominated Peru's economy and politics ever since the Spanish conquest in 1533. The threat of ethnic conflict has been partly responsible for a surprising show of unity behind Belaúnde's emergency measures, which even leftist Opposition Leader Senator Enrique Bernales admitted were "justified...