Word: scornfully
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Both Virchow and Lister faced not only opposition but scorn until the medical mandarins of the day were finally brought around to admitting the truths on which the scientists' work was based. Lister, in particular, was ridiculed or ignored by his fellow surgeons, who refused to acknowledge the marvels he was accomplishing. But he forced himself to overcome his own gentle nature, persisting with the zeal of an evangelist. In the end, honored by Queen Victoria as Baron Lister, he lived to see his name ranked with those of the greatest medical thinkers of all time. As for Virchow...
...suspicion and hostility mainly run only one way. Silicon Valley shares the contempt of Americans generally for Washington and sometimes imagines that Washington is hostile to it. But in fact the dominant attitude in Washington about the high-tech world is one of swooning admiration. Nevertheless, swoon and scorn alike are based on astonishing ignorance inside each Beltway about the life and concerns of the other...
...ease and security of reaping the type of success that a Harvard education can offer presents a serious challenge to intellectual and ideological resistance. In his day, Emerson realized that the scorn of one's peers was a major barrier to nonconformity; this pressure is still a moderating force today. Yet, Emerson still attempted to articulate a philosophy of radical autonomy. Aspects of his vision remain meaningful, especially his declaration of hope for the future: "I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency... Let us affront and reprimand the smooth mediocrity and squalid contentment...
...obvious that this gulf exists. Though many undergraduates have interests in both science and humanities, the majority of them probably identify themselves largely with one group or the other, and even might express some good-natured scorn for the other discipline. An engineering student, who asked not to be identified "for fear of reprisals," said of English students and their ilk that "they think they're changing the world, but where would they be without their word processors?" One applied math major, who was similarly faint-hearted about his quote being cited, characterized his more verbally oriented colleagues as being...
...right to risk this one. God knows Imus can sell a book, and he directs his scorn mostly at phonies. He bored in on her only once, when he "wondered" if she and Adlai Stevenson did more than discuss international affairs late into the night when they were both staying at the U.S. embassy in London in 1965 and he left his tie and glasses in her room. Imus later admitted he wanted to ask outright "if they'd had sex" but held back because "she's something like 80." In any event, she blithely told him he would just...