Word: resentment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of those cliques exist to exclude. I sometimes think they have no other purpose. It is very difficult not to resent that. I would prefer for such cliques not to exist. I think particularly that one could argue that in a university they impede education and interaction so much that they have no place here. Nevertheless, one has to recognize the paradox of friendship. Exclusive groups often create friendships, very deep character builders for the individuals who belong to them. These are valuable for those individuals. I can think of nothing to say against that...Without friendship, what...
...think that Naipaul's rare gift would have earned him a measure of popularity, and they have. But his approach has also made him very controversial, disliked by these who resent his ability to strip away the hope that accompanies development. His dark vision of the prospects for true growth have not won him many fans among those who feel that he condemns the process of national modernization because of its intermediate results...
...greatest hurdle, however, will be convincing the colleges themselves, as hey will surely resent the unhappy prospect of losing vast revenues from ticket sales, television contracts and alumni athletic support...
Employers see such plans, which are being increasingly proposed in contract negotiations, as a way of bringing down labor costs without penalizing present workers. Unions say that the plans pit older workers against younger ones, who resent being paid less for the same work, and make older workers afraid that they will be forced out to make room for cheaper labor. But in several cases where employees feared layoffs, plant shutdowns or even bankruptcies, they have accepted such plans, sometimes against the wishes of their unions. Workers at Boeing, American Airlines and Safeway Stores have approved two-tier wage agreements...
...resent the negative reporting of Jesse Jackson's Central American tour. It is time someone traveled abroad to represent those of us who are dismayed by the Administration's Central American policy. It is apparent Jesse Jackson's "disruptive diplomacy" is the only diplomacy that is achieving results...