Word: scorned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...show? Were we drawn into Ally's world and inner thoughts because we consciously or subconsciously supported what she stood for as a '90s career woman on the move? Did we initially say "Hey, it's Monday night, let's check out that new feminist show?" Did we scorn all the imperfections in Ally's character because we believed that in some way they detracted from her professional accomplishments or what she stood for as a lawyer...
There was some discussion of possible igniters: power surges and wires whose worn insulation could have turned them into spark plugs. Even spontaneous combustion couldn't be ruled out. Hall's main attention and considerable scorn, however, were trained on the neglected science of fuel-tank security. "I think I reflect to some degree the concern the American traveling public has in this issue," he said in a deceptively soft drawl. "In this country, we look to the FAA for regulations on safety." Incensed that in the months since the crash, industry inspectors have checked the fuel-tank safety...
...that can turn schmoozing into literature. Barney makes his sizable living producing Canadian-content TV series like McIver of the RCMP ("big on bonking scenes in canoes and igloos"). He calls his company Totally Unnecessary Productions, a name that flaunts his self-loathing but, more important, pre-empts the scorn of his artistic betters...
...full of little trills and decorations. The tenor part, though too often sadly neglected in the "Christmas section" of Part I, has some of the loveliest music in Messiah, and Bauwens proves himself wholly equal to it. His Part II recitatives, "All they that see Him laugh Him to scorn" and "Thy rebuke hath broken His heart," separated by the magnificent "He trusted in God that He would deliver Him" chorus, comprise a truly splendid few minutes. In contrast to Bauwens' clear, smooth timbre is the bass, Eric Owens, whose very deep, very dark-sounding voice seems almost to emerge...
...likely to queue up for the latest James adaptation, more frightened by the corset-friendly dresses on the poster than they ever will be of Tom Cruise in fangs. By the same token, one has no trouble thinking back three years and imagining James fans professing the deepest scorn for an entertainment as broadly-targeted as Interview With the Vampire. see Brad howl! hear Tom cackle...