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When Orman talks about the government officials responsible for fixing the crisis, her voice often drips with contempt. During a recent appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe, she asked Alabama Republican Senator Richard Shelby why Americans should trust members of Congress who can't manage their own personal finances. And the suggestion by Larry Summers, President Barack Obama's economic adviser, that Americans should start buying cars again to help jolt the economy was "the most irresponsible thing anybody could say," said Orman. "Mr. Summers, I am so sorry. I understand we have to spur the economy...
...thunder sticks, the few thousand fans below me did not seem to register on the arena’s Noise-O-Meter, causing me to question this device’s accuracy. At the opening faceoff between the Blazers and visiting San Jose Stealth, I looked down with contempt, a spoiled American fan accustomed to nationally-hyped sports action...
...years, many of the benefits that both blue- and white-collar workers hold dear were either won or expanded by the UAW. That includes pensions, early retirement, overtime, total health-care coverage and paid holidays. At congressional hearings in November over a proposed bailout bill, there was palpable contempt for the UAW from Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, whose state is home to several transplant automakers. To him, the UAW seemed to consist of a bunch of overpaid featherbedders who couldn't match hubcaps with workers at transplants like Toyota and Mercedes Benz, who did not enjoy the Big Three...
...What is at stake juridically is the canonical result of consecrating bishops without a papal mandate. The bishops of the SSPX wished to show that they had not acted out of contempt for the authority of the Pope, but out of their wish to preserve Catholic tradition. The Pope’s intention is to foster an internal continuity between the Catholic Church and its neglected traditions. But a grave matter has intervened...
...Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989)” is clearly honest, open, and noble. However, whether Fani-Kayode’s search for his identity is actually accessible to the viewer is more ambiguous.In fact, the uncompromising honesty of this collection of photographs and its brazen contempt for conventions is precisely what makes it a difficult exhibit to relate to. In many of the photographs of the exhibition, there appears one reoccurring form: the exposed male body. To the viewer unaccustomed to publicly-displayed nudity outside of designated beaches and Primal Scream, the mass of unclothed bodies is initially shocking...