Word: rude
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...farm daughter whose two older brothers are killed in World War II. She spends her working hours in a sea of white feathers and turkey droppings, and her free time at the Cove Café, where a desperate young woman might select the best from a bad lot of rude and scruffy locals...
...splendid place," said Hemingway. "Nobody believes me when I say I'm a writer. They think I represent big Northern bootleggers or dope peddlers." Even now Key West, underneath the gentrification and new time-share resorts, is still psychically an island of pirates and smugglers, where it is rude to ask a last name or an occupation. For writers, anonymity is pleasant only until it begins to feel like obscurity. Then it is reassuring to be near other writers. Key West offers serendipitous encounters, noon walks, short talks. There are always parties, to refuse virtuously or to attend offhandedly...
...radio talk, the President characterized many schools as "filled with rude, unruly behavior and even violence." But the Government report insisted that measures to tighten discipline "do not require massive spending, only motivation and leadership." School supervisors answer that money is essential for developing programs to give students extra help. California, for example, runs 439 schools, at an annual cost of about $200 million, at which troubled youngsters are given counseling and special attention...
...conversations about candidates turn less on specific issues than on judgments of them as tough-minded, unfair, soft, impetuous, cautious, shrewd, stubborn, dangerous. When with trick or trap questions television interviewers try to test how a challenger would react under pressure, the questioners often end up appearing overbearing and rude. Far from being a diversion from a sensible discussion of the issues, however, judgments about character and temperament are essential in choosing a President...
...several other students also criticized the unannounced room checks. "I find it really rude when someone comes into my bedroom in the morning without even knocking," he added...