Word: scornful
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...interest, they said, of free institutions. In Madison, Wis., Governor John J. Elaine (LaFollette man) vetoed a bill aimed against rodeos. Pointing out that the bill would be rendered ridiculous by the natural struggle of "single-comb white wyandotte" roosters against "black Minorcas," would be barked to scorn by village dogs, the Governor concluded: "The innocent owner of midnight prowling cats not only is to be annoyed by their wails, but if he knows they are fighting and permits the fight to go on, he may be fined and thrown into jail unless he has the temerity to pile...
...chorus. A tower of Babel type was quickly erected on the editorial pages of the Nation's newspapers. Editoriailzers who had learned to say "Yes," said "Yes" again, flew the eagle proudly over the waters of the earth, pointed the finger of scorn at all who opposed the aggrandizement of U. S. shipping, dubbed them "Little Americans...
Probably he would have continued enthroned in the German mind, had not party ambition betrayed him to his enemies. He is no longer the symbol of a lost cause, but a grey-headed politician, and the reverence that he once commanded lies turned to scorn. Charlatan or genius, fool or master, he and his glorious reputation will be dragged in the mire of politics...
...hearing opera in French, German, Russian, Italian, care little. They, sensitive to poetry though unlearned in languages, can taste in the language of imagination the exquisite words which should properly accompany exquisite music. Little desiring opera in English, these operagoers read with indignation Critic Meltzer's plea, looked with scorn upon his competent translations...
...benign, florid face upon the inclining Furtwangler. He had just heard him conduct Strauss's Death and Transfiguration, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, with dignity and power. This Furtwangler well understands Beethoven, presents, in fact, something of an intellectual likeness to him. He has vigor, directness, a scorn of sham that amounts some- times to a scorn of subtlety, and a kind of majesty even-the majesty of the unconcerned. Perhaps that is why the cellists slapped their instruments, Mr. Mackay beamed, the house roared, Furtwängler marched 16 times between the conductor's dais...