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...life in a time of a war. When I arrived at Harvard in the fall of 1971, just after serving a year in Vietnam, my personal experience was that not only was there a lack of appreciation for my service, I was instead treated with a bit of scorn for having served. I sincerely hope those who do not have the privilege of serving their country in the military will see fit to honor those who make that choice, such as my son, William Taylor ’04, and his six classmates who will receive their commissions as officers...
...this debate is that it remains a good marker in the culture wars. Political scientist John Green of Ohio's Akron University notes that the sense of sin integral to substitution theory informs the religious right's politics of individual morality. Indeed, substitution's top-down nature reaffirms conservatives' scorn of any rights that they feel lack God's biblical imprimatur. "The substitutionary understanding is humbling," says Mohler. "It has the Father in the position of satisfying his righteous demands of us through Christ's atonement. We don't have the authority to define our own existence or to claim...
...scorn that arises from my confession, I cannot act aloof about the fact that I might retain a few dozen more brain cells than my cable-enhanced companions. While I suppose I could be proud of my eccentricity, I have learned from experience that revealing this fun fact about myself is simply not in the same category as double-jointedness or coming from Guam. Unlike an entertaining personal anecdote or funky physical feature, TV-lessness brands you as a black hole in the universe of normal social interaction...
KERRY: Well, if we had kept on inspecting properly and gone through the process appropriately, we might have avoided almost a $200 billion expenditure, the loss of lives and the scorn of the world and the breaking of so many relationships...
...dream of America finding unity in its scorn for these avant-garde turkeys lasted until the moment I heard their music. It turns out Franz Ferdinand plays easily accessible radio-friendly pop, and plays it with more humor and joy than almost anyone else on the market. This band is really good. It's a little disappointing...