Word: scorns
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...Milikowsky (the only undergraduate on the committee not associated with the Living Wage Campaign) suggested that we hear from one fewer Living Wage campaigner at tonight’s public forum so that we could have more time for voices from the floor, I was shocked to hear the scorn with which the principled people greeted this modest proposal for a more representative hearing. None of them even voiced sympathy with Milikowsky’s concern that we were not hearing from a cross-section of Harvard students...
Like many modern artists, Neshat incorporates other media in her work. Music and architecture (one of her works used the World Trade Center as a backdrop) are important in creating her films' poetic tone. But unlike many in her field, she does not scorn commercial moviemaking. "I try not to define for myself whether I'm an artist or a filmmaker," she says, citing Iranian cinema as one of her chief inspirations. "I think film is the most democratic art form...
They have cast themselves as outcasts. Standing apart at their high school graduation, they gaze at the proceedings from the Olympus of their scorn. "This is so bad it's good," says Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson). Enid (Thora Birch) corrects her only friend: "This is so bad it's gone past good and back to bad again." The girls are subtle connoisseurs of bad. They have a favorite lousy comedian, ugly doll, porno store and, eventually, a favorite pathetic nerd. That's Seymour (Steve Buscemi), who collects old records and fresh psychic wounds. "I would kill to have stuff like this...
...Certainly there is no shortage of professional jealousy among historians, and crossover acts like Ellis' tend to attract a particular amount of scorn. But some historians believe that Ellis' stumble could serve as a valuable lesson to his public. "Readers have to understand that whatever objective claims historians may make, they are invested in the things they write," says Michael Zuckerman, a history professor at the University of Pennsylvania. "History can't just be the production of the historian. It has to be the collaboration of a skeptical historian and certainly a skeptical reader...
...labor strike goes long enough, the face of the Irish pub could be totally transformed. Sales of stout in Ireland have dropped slightly in the last year (according to U.S. News and World Report), a change that could be attributed to a growing population of successful young adults who scorn the old-school brew. In the pubs I visited during my trip there, the glasses of younger people did have a noticeably lighter hue, and the popularity of Budweiser in this legendary land of ale made me shudder...