Word: resentment
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...only the voters who are disenchanted. The mainstream right is rent by personal rivalries among 50-somethings who resent the way that Chirac, running in his fourth presidential election, is blocking their ascent. Jospin's coalition is creaking at the seams as voters desert the communists and the greens squabble. The sense of déja vu is intensified by the next two candidates. Former Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevènement, third in the polls, draws support from a backward-looking array of old socialists and nationalists. The leader of the extreme right-wing National Front, Jean-Marie...
...what business is it of others? Yet to identify, trace and arrest terrorists, the U.S. needs the support of allies. That help will not come with good grace if Americans demand it as a matter of right. As someone once said, "If we're an arrogant nation, they'll resent us. If we're a humble nation, but strong, they'll respect...
...real matter is the extinction of America, and God willing, it will fall to the ground," I was amazed that some Americans still proposed that an in-depth analysis of U.S. foreign policy was the way to change the contemptuous feelings of these fanatics. Wake up! The countries that resent our foreign policy should stop accepting U.S. financial aid. MARISSA DAVIDSON Covington...
...Jess Cagle's story about Robert Redford [CINEMA, Nov. 19], he wrote that the actor is "64 and looks it, and he's O.K. with that." Redford may be O.K. with it, but I resent it. I am 64 and grew up working on a farm, but I don't even come close to the cragginess of Redford. Cagle should have said Redford is 64 but looks older. Only the truly young would assume that all 64-year-olds have road maps on their faces. Oh well, as craggy and weathered as he is, Robert Redford is still a hunk...
Thirty-two years later, Kazin said he doesn’t resent Pusey’s decision, which was much criticized at the time. The atmosphere at the time of the takeover, Kazin remembers, was extremely hostile...