Word: contempts
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...literary mind of our time is sick. It has lost its roots in the soil of mankind, although it possesses a certain energy. [Writers] had broken their organic bonds with family life, the community, nature, and they wrote in a private language of personal friends; they felt nothing but contempt for the primary realities...
Sneak-previews for Negro soldiers proved that Mr. Moss was right. At first the men, who have learned to expect veiled contempt in most Hollywood handling of Negroes, froze into hostile silence. But after 20 minutes they were applauding. For just about the first time in screen history their race was presented with honest respect. Many wanted to know: "Are you going to show this to white people?" Asked why, they replied: "Because it will change their attitude...
...bivouac area one night a Chinese sergeant found a sentry dozing. Next day he lined up all the sentries and turned on unshirted hell. 'We can have contempt for the Japs,' he said. 'We can even be careless with our own people, but we cannot fail our friends...
Despised Sisters. When the Argentinian "talks about 'sister republics,' . . . he does so for reasons of political expediency. As a matter of fact . . . [he] looks down upon other Latin Americans with contempt...
Nobody was happy. Allied control authorities felt that troublesome Italians had again put their internal politics ahead of a very troublesome war. Those Italians who cared at all felt that the Allies had once again demonstrated a complete contempt for everything the war was supposed to be about...