Word: resentfully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is a therapeutic reason for all this, experts say. "People both need lawyers and resent them," explains psychologist Harvey Mindess, a professor at Antioch University in Los Angeles. "A feeling of helplessness toward someone you're dependent on is very uncomfortable. In that anxiety-arousing situation, humor is a way of getting even." While such jokes invite cynicism, says Mindess, it is unlikely that they encourage violence...
...this point, colleagues were beginning to get fed up with Kerrey's coy approach. Said a Senate leadership aide: "A lot of people here really resent having to go over there to court the guy. We didn't think it was a perfect bill, but it was the best compromise that we could get." Two hours before the final vote in the Senate, Democratic Senators Thomas Daschle of South Dakota and Harry Reid of Nevada walked into Kerrey's office. Both looked grim. When they emerged half an hour later, neither was smiling. Asked if they were confident that...
...Chavis' attention-getting tactics have won applause from many of the N.A.A.C.P.'s rank and file. But his quick start has rattled some of the association's Old Guard, who consider him too radical. Many resent the association's endorsement of President Bill Clinton's plan to lift the ban on gays in the military. Others criticize Chavis' scheme for going global as too grandiose for a group that has more than twice as many inactive members (1.2 million) as dues-paying participants...
...Black woman, I had the grades, intelligence level and strength of character to enter this institution out of high school. I resent the fact that he feels that I have to try harder than he does to be awarded any grade or recognition. Cultural pressure (although I do not think it is as great as Professor Appiah portrayed it) is a factor in one's performance. Many Black people do not feel accepted into the community by students or faculty and such ostracism has a decided effect on one' self esteem. If your self esteem is low, you will...
...wonder they resent the residents of these Black neighborhoods. Though there is absolutely no excuse for racism, there is a cause--economic injustice and the real fear it breeds...