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Word: callously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moseby's doctor was also callous when he first diagosed the disease, Moseby said. "The doctor said, 'You've got AIDS. If you stay with us, we'll stick with you to the very end.' I was pissed. I was shocked," Moseby said...

Author: By Kelly A. E. mason, | Title: Patients Discuss AIDS | 4/21/1989 | See Source »

...judgement, if not its true dedication to tolerance and education. In trying to raise our consciousness, it wounded and alienated a large group of Mather students, the friends of the visiting 17-year-old harassee. The tone of the debate at the ensuing Mather House meeting revealed a callous, mean-spirited side of what should be a caring, empathetic desire for tolerance and understanding in campus life. Their thoughtless handling of the situation has created a hurt and embittered group of otherwise sympathetic Mather students who will never in the future be able to take Defeat Homophobia seriously again...

Author: By Christopher A. Ford, | Title: Defeating the Purpose | 3/4/1989 | See Source »

...recent Kadrmas case represents a shameful retreat from the position laid out in Brown. In the words of 82-year old Justice William Brennan, who wrote a dissent in the Kadrmas case, the ruling shows "a callous indifference to the realities of the life of the poor," who demographically represent our country's future...

Author: By Steven J.S. Glick, | Title: A Slow Slide into Mediocrity? | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...gang, he makes an excellent narrator. He has chosen his side and is privy to information, but he retains enough of his independence to report believably. Readers get more than a taste of depravity--murder, violence and illicit sex are painstakingly described, but thanks to Bathgate, they never grow callous. The readers' initial premise is not inverted...

Author: By Samantha L. Heller, | Title: A Rhythmic Tale of a Young Gangster's Life | 2/21/1989 | See Source »

...Seaga's heavy cuts in health and education spending had angered the poor. There was a growing consensus among Jamaicans that the recovery had benefited mainly businessmen and the wealthy. Under the party slogan of "We put people first," Manley succeeded in portraying Seaga as a callous, autocratic Prime Minister obsessed with computer figures and uninterested in his constituents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jamaica Once More, with Moderation | 2/20/1989 | See Source »

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