Word: scornful
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...Burlesk, viz., 'Would you hit a woman with a child?-No, I'd hit her with a brick.'" Cummings is still hitting his readers with bricks-but also with the flowers and the fancies of a unique lyricism. crazy jay blue) demon laughshrieking at me your scorn of easily hatred of timid & loathing for (dull all regular righteous comfortable) unworlds
Combined with the tough course of studies, the heavy blanket of scorn heaped on Air Force Academy newcomers takes a big slice of resignations and washouts every year (22% v. West Point's 30%, Annapolis' 22.5%). But for those who remain, the rigid life shapes strong, intelligent, self-disciplined men, ready to match their pride with that of the Point and the Naval Academy. The new plant will contribute to that pride. Said one cadet last week, as he gazed at the Air Force Academy's permanent home: "All the time we were in the barracks...
...must disagree with your Aug. 4 impression of Disney's The Light in the Forest. Disney's movie proves that you can have an absence of lust, sex, underworld crimes and hideous monsters, and still have an enjoyable movie. Yet you shoot scorn...
...South of France to live out his years. With him he brings his conviction, gained from years of work in the slums of Paris, that much of the pain and fear of childbirth can be eliminated with proper psychological and physical training. In return, he gets only scorn and a Greek chorus of old wives' tales-for example, if a pregnant woman crosses her legs, she will strangle her child with the umbilical cord. His one believer is an unwed pregnant farm girl, played (except at the birth, when the camera focuses on an anonymous mother) with translucent charm...
...paintings submitted in art competitions in major U.S. art centers show strong abstract-expressionist influence. The interest and enthusiasm of young European artists or "The New American Painting" suggest that this influence is now being exported to Europe. Whether it will have force enough to break down the scorn of the unconverted critics and the bewilderment of the public is still to be seen...