Word: callously
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...backlash that can come from a slow or ineffective response. The Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush was stained by its sluggish reaction after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans in 2005. Beijing is also painfully conscious of the opprobrium heaped on Burma's military rulers for their callous refusal to allow the international community to help in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which killed at least 100,000 in early May. China has "a chance to show the world that it has the capability and readiness to handle an emergency like this," says Huang Jing, a visiting scholar...
China's Communist Party leaders now face another stern test: to show its citizens and the world that the government can cope with a horrific disaster. Keenly aware of the opprobrium heaped on Burma's rulers for their callous and incompetent handling of the killer cyclone earlier this month, Beijing will want to demonstrate that it has "the capability and readiness to handle an emergency like this," says Huang Jing, a China scholar at the National University of Singapore. Swift and transparent handling of the tragedy would also mark another step in Beijing's evolution from an unfeeling regime that...
...Athletic Department’s callous, secretive nature was first revealed to me during the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) debacle in the fall of 2006. Not only did the Athletic Department leave the majority of the student body in the dark, but it even failed to address the concerns of its own athletes. Weeks after the closing of the MAC had been widely publicized, varsity athletes who use the MAC facilities for their practices and games still found themselves left out of the loop...
...University President Drew G. Faust last week, citing a climate of indifference at the College and requesting the establishment of a task force to combat a climate of “political apathy and careerism.” While we current undergraduates—who here stand accused of callous ambition—respect the letter’s aims, we disagree with its proposed solution and doubt whether there is a problem...
...drawn most of the large retailers into supporting Rahall's reform effort. The last thing image-conscious companies like Tiffany want is to be linked to controversies such as that over conflict diamonds, portrayed in the movie Blood Diamond, nor do they want to be seen as callous parties to mining disasters. "Our customers were anxious to be assured that the metals and gemstones used in Tiffany products were extracted and processed in socially and environmentally responsible ways," says Kowalski. "We come to this, not as conservationists or environmentalists, but simply as business people who really are responding to market...