Word: resents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strongly resent the anti-German nature of S. Allen Counter's letter in response to Harkensson's movie. Mr. Counter seemed to be obsessed with the image of the inherently evil German. Why does he repetitively mention that Fran Hosken is Harkensson's German companion? I have never encountered a German woman with this name, but that is irrelevant to the subject matter discussed here. Whether Harkensson's assistant is German, Jewish, black or Russian is not important...
Representative James Howard, another who passed the test, objects: "If there's reason to believe that a just would take a bribe, that's one thing. But just to go shopping with a lot of money, that's different. I resent a little bit that I was put in this position. In public life, there are enough temptations. Who needs another...
...Thais, Filipinos and Koreans-and about 1 million North Yemenis. The Saudis need the North Yemenis, both as guest workers and as allies, and often talk about the need to defend their country from the pro-Moscow, Marxist regime in South Yemen. Nonetheless, the Saudis know that the Yemenis resent Riyadh's oil wealth, and that a number of South Yemenis were involved in the Mecca siege. They also know that unstable, poverty-stricken North Yemen could link up with South Yemen to form a menacing new radical state on the Arabian peninsula...
Parker acknowledges that this book will "bring the academic witch-hunters out again in full force, and not just at Bennington." She speaks her mind and, she says, people resent her for it. In fact, some of the reforms she suggests--doing away with the B.A. degree, abolishing tenure--are extremely controversial. It seems plausible that Parker's courage to stand up as the Impertinent Questioner, as she describes herself, caused her dismissal. But we're discussing Bennington College, hailed as the acme of experimentation and innovation for the past twenty years. Bennington is the place that welcomed...