Word: scorned
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...Scorn not the sonnet," wrote William Wordsworth, who had composed hundreds of those 14-line verses, some memorable, but most of them, notably his 47 sonnets on the ecclesiastical history of England, long forgotten...
...both teachers and students. Children are compelled to work for "petty and contemptible rewards-gold stars, or papers marked 100, or A's on report cards -for the ignoble satisfaction of feeling that they are better than someone else." They fear a teacher's displeasure, the scorn of their peers, the pain of being wrong. "Even in the kindest and gentlest of schools, children are afraid, many of them a great deal of the time, some of them almost all the time...
...bill's author, Florida's Republican Representative William Cramer, Wilkins said with scorn: "He and his colleagues have great wrestlings with their souls and wordy parliamentary debates in considering, trimming, altering or rejecting a civil rights bill. But they have no trouble lining out punishment for alleged rioting. When they refuse to enact legislation such as the civil rights bill of 1967, they are creating the atmosphere in which an outbreak of violence can occur...
...Scorn & Vilification. Hussein did not really want to get into the war, but he must take some of the responsibility for starting it. He carefully abstained from joining the chorus of Arab leftist leaders who demanded that the Jews be driven into the sea, did everything in his power to prevent Arab terrorists from using Jordan as a base. His refusal to cooperate won him scorn and vilification from Nasser and the left. But when the Arab armies began mobilizing on Israel's borders and the cry of jihad filled the air, Hussein figured that if war came...
...path to joining Europe - or even to cooperation in joint projects - is not smooth," sighed Britain's Guardian. It was the understatement of the week. With lofty hauteur, Charles de Gaulle has heaped scorn on every effort by Britain to nudge its way into the Common Market. It is even getting difficult for the French and the British to stay partners in the ambitious set of joint aircraft-production schemes so loudly heralded over the past couple of years...