Word: scorned
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...second half Barry suddenly ruins what was a very good play. Not content with making Silvester likable, he feels compelled to make him a saint by having him falsely accused of restarting his affair. It's an excuse too far. As his wife melodramatically shrieks, "Even the devil may scorn to have you in his fearsome halls!," the play's credibility collapses. Silvester ends up cancer-ridden and abandoned. It feels like a selfish, self-glorifying bid by the author to turn a fascinating character into a great tragic role. That may not be libelous, but it's offensive enough...
There is a common enemy in all the current conflicts [WORLD, Jan. 14], whether in Kashmir, Afghanistan, the Middle East or the Philippines. It is a group of people who scorn secularism, democracy and peaceful coexistence and instead adhere to antiquated edicts to govern politics and jurisprudence. This enemy is a ruthless political force led by zealots struggling for domination; it is often supported by puppet regimes and dictatorships. Like communism, this enemy should be seen as evil and at odds with the prevailing political philosophy, and it is to be fought and defeated to save our civilization. MOHAN...
...authority graphically demonstrated on a daily basis by the Israelis. Today it is not only the Islamists and leftists but Arafat's own followers, too, who are openly defying their leader, taking Palestinian fate into their own hands along with Kalashnikovs and belts of explosives. They pour scorn on Arafat's periodic cease-fire calls, asking what Palestinians will get in return except for a continuation of the occupation. Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres has repeatedly warned that the Palestinians have no incentive to stop fighting if they are offered no political process for pursuing an end to the occupation...
Restlessness in the face of suffering has set Cornel West down many paths—some more useful than others—in a quest to see where he can do the most amount of good in the world. He deserves commendation, not scorn; feedback, not insult. Would that any of us be able to do a fraction of good that he has done in the world...
...National Book Award in 1997, a Pulitzer in 2001 - abruptly stalled this summer when it was revealed he was not only writing history, but rewriting it as well. It turned out Ellis had invented his tour of duty in Vietnam, with which he liked to regale students, earning their scorn and a 12-month suspension from Mount Holyoke College, where he had taught for 29 years...