Word: sneering
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...civil examinations to prove he was a master of the Confucian classics and thus fit to serve the Emperor in faraway Beijing. And the boy's forefather did just that, at the very height of empire, when the Sons of Heaven, as the Emperors were called, could afford to sneer at the Western barbarians begging to trade with their Celestial Kingdom...
...turning. And his life would be one of many somersaults: away from home, never to return, over the seas, into politics, into war, in and out of danger, in and out of power, and finally into the role of emperor of a nation that could once again afford to sneer...
...boss loves her for her tart tongue and tough stands: he still keeps the bumper sticker bearing her infamous sneer at Castro for shooting down two American civilian planes last February: THIS IS NOT COJONES; THIS IS COWARDICE. But Albright's bulldog style is not admired nearly as much abroad. When word of her appointment reached a black-tie U.N. dinner, there was no international equivalent of high fives. Could she, muttered colleagues, gear down her confrontational style enough to succeed in the delicate art of nation-to-nation negotiation? French diplomats, who tangled with her over her aggressive campaign...
...hunter is far more unpleasant than it needs to be, if it needs to be at all. The humility of the listening class and of the gatherer himself contribute to a classroom atmosphere in which students are far less likely to sweat and squirm as well as scream and sneer...
...Libertarian Party has more than 170 people serving in public office. We are on the ballot in all 50 states, but all you can do is sneer. PERRY WILLIS, National Director The Libertarian Party Washington...