Word: scornful
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There are, of course, positive sides to Rocky's record. He refused to endorse Goldwater in 1964 even though he suffered intense scorn from party regulars. He signed New York's liberated abortion law, one of the nation's first, and fought attempts to repeal it. He has never been accused of corruption (although that reflects more credit on his family fortune than his scruples...
...somewhat reminiscent of the mental asylum in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The men do the simplest kind of make-work. While their presence is voluntary, they are psychically crippled by a desperate need for safety and a deep fear of being objects of ridicule, scorn or pity in the outside world...
Opening today his show at Hilles will also feature a previously recorded guided tour. Supposedly based on the collected writings of Jeremiah Rippe, a 19th-century craftsman, these structures baffle and boggle the contemporary psyche. Part Peter Max and part Michael Valentine, they scorn traditional interpretation. They also seem crazy...
...sweet revenge for years of suffering humiliating gibes from Jews and others. Arabs had been mercilessly held up to contempt for their wretched showing in the Six-Day War, when their troops broke and ran from the advancing Israelis. The public scorn, humiliation-and self-contempt-rankled, leaving behind smoldering hatred for Israel and a lust for revenge. Among sensitive Arabs the public shame of their defeats was as bitter as the loss of territory. Pride looms large in the Arab psyche; its loss is an intolerable affront...
Beyond the question of women's rights, Egyptians generally have good reason to be wary. The rambunctious Gaddafi's public scorn for Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria could jeopardize Egypt's international quest for diplomatic and financial support. So, too, could his impulsiveness. In February, Cairo had to dissuade him from sending Mirage bombers to Tel Aviv to avenge Israel's shooting down of the Libyan airliner...