Word: disdained
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...vigorous-minded ruler of some 300 million souls of all races. A temporal sovereign-in his 108.7-acre Vatican City, he is master of millions & millions in wealth. He said last February, "God after accepting the offerings of the shepherds accepted those of the kings. Therefore, He does not disdain material things providing they serve the great aims for which He came to earth, namely, the glory of God and the salvation of souls." For that work the Church, too, must fight Depression...
...degrees of men who have walked the earth the Vagabond is drawn most to those monks and minor canons who hid beneath their flowing robes (or displayed about their flowing bowls) a rare humor, boundless Joie de vivre, and a fine disdain for official authority...
...that abstract attitude toward war with the very actual inspiration that carried these men forth. It is devoutly to be hoped that we shall all, in time, appreciate the futility of war even if we cannot appreciate its cruelty. But we may hope with almost equal fervor that our disdain for war itself be not transmuted into disdain for those who died on the battlefields of the past. No matter how we may regard the cause that they championed, we must acknowledge that they championed, we must acknowledge that they championed it with loyalty and courage. No matter how sincerely...
...been dead all these years, just dormant, for the curtain which rises on Playwright Kottow's show discloses right spang in the middle of the stage a fine big bed. Soon a whole set of theatrical tintypes begin to appear: the rake who has promised to disdain his innocent little bride until his mistress gives him permission, a sexy mother-in-law, an officious low comedy father-in-law. To the very evident amusement of its spectators and the disgust of Manhattan critics, the show's dull bawdry continues until innocence melts impatiently into voluptuousness, takes restrained venery...
...even when he "was obliged to retire," he expected to re-enter the film business and "continue to enjoy, for his sole benefit, the monopoly and prestige of the Fox family name." She said that when her husband incorporated Aaron Fox Film Corp., he "incurred the severe displeasure and disdain" of Brother William, who, with the connivance of a Manhattan alienist, had Brother Aaron whisked away to a sanatorium, the Hartford (Conn.) Retreat. There Brother Aaron still remains, she said, making no effort to get out for fear of further persecution from Brother William. Mrs. Aaron Fox added that Brother...