Word: disinterest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...amendment's most formidable opponent, however, seems to be disinterest. Although an impressive list of politicians and local public interest groups have endorsed the measure, few supporters have translated that nominal backing into substantive and concerted lobbying efforts. Despite their good intentions, these groups do not necessarily place representation for the District very high on their list of priorities. In fact, it seems that the concerns of the District do not weigh heavily on anyone except the Washingtonians themselves...
...there is one monument [Feb. 22] to one soldier on the face of this, earth, there must be one for the G.I.s of Viet Nam, who gave as much as any who fought in earlier conflicts and, so far, have been rewarded only with medals of contempt and disinterest...
...topical satire of the '60s for a less political, more radical examination of the comic's relation to the society he entertains. The traditional comedian kept searching for the definitive belly laugh; the new humorist looks at the jokes, and the pursuit of them, with the icy disinterest of a social critic. As the subject of modern art is art, so the subject of the new comedy is comedy-the good, the bad, the unintentionally ugly. Call it the Post-Funny School of Comedy...
...SINCE the fifties, American foreign policy has been confronted by civil strife in developing countries. These countries find themselves torn between a right-wing that is undemocratic but pro-U.S. and a left-wing that supposedly began by admiring the American Revolution, but became radicalized because of U.S. disinterest in their cause and now are pro-Soviet. The American hope has always been to find a democratic, non-radical, viable "third force" in place of the other two unpalatable alternatives. In El Salvador, at long last, we are confronted by a real "third force." It, the present government...
...shots of gentle animals: deer, cows, wans, all of them looking as though they might, at any moment, transform into a Stubbs oil. Polanski even presents the film's little bit of gore with extreme tameness. His relentless diffidence weakens a potentially powerful story. We watch with a dreamy disinterest as Fate designs it tapestry of despair. BecauseTess' story doesn't possess the shock value it had when Hardy wrote it almost a century ago, the film needs more vibrant and innovative direction to involve an audience. Tess is a cold tragedy...