Word: scorned
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Communist Party's lexicon of scorn was added a new word-Browderism...
There was much eloquent plainness, sincerity and humility in the speech. He did not thunder and roar; he heaped no scorn. When he criticized, he showed moderation. "I have indicated my opposition ... to the antilabor bills pending in Congress," was the way he put it. When he described how General Motors walked out on his fact-finding board, he said only: "You have seen how General Motors has refused to cooperate...
...Nothing the peoples of Europehave produced is worth the first known poem that appeared among them. Perhaps they will yet rediscover the epic genius, when they learn that there is no refuge from fate, learn not to admire force, not to hate the enemy, nor to scorn the unfortunate. How soon this will happen is another question...
Once inside, John Lewis put on his best virtuoso performance. His meaty frame shook with laughter, trembled with scorn, vibrated with anger, froze in righteous dignity. And all the while his deft fingers tugged at the strings, rigging the conference into a one-man show...
...Government's Chief of Protocol poufed back. Coiffuring was as necessary as barbering. Who was Jules to scorn such distinguished customers as Mme. Hèlène Lefaucheux, resistance organizer and Pars