Scorn
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In the 1952 presidential election campaign, Dwight Eisenhower and his future secretary of state, John Foster Dulles, heaped
scorn
on containment, calling instead for a “rollback” of the Soviets in Eastern Europe.
The BJP’s upper-caste leadership has poured
scorn
on those they deem to be their social inferiors, including the Dalits (the former “untouchables”) and the Adivasis, or aboriginals.
I know that there are too many populists on the left (notably the bitter Mélenchon) and on the right (the pathetic Nicolas Dupont-Aignan skittering away from the cameras Friday night after leaving the cathedral in Reims, where France’s kings were crowned), who, under a fig leaf of
scorn
for finance, betray the true spirit of France.
Two generations came to think of declining oil prices as normal, which accounts for the current sense of entitlement, the outrage at rising prices, and the search for villains: politicians, oil-producing countries, and oil companies are all targets of
scorn
in public-opinion surveys.
In other times, it would have been the absence of a man that turned Suleman into an object of public
scorn.
Those who
scorn
human rights face an historical novelty: the hypocrisy of their country’s signature on that declaration.
This concern about mass media is no mere elitist
scorn
for popular culture.
Their
scorn
has also extended to the second part of the budget, a program that normally they would have liked: bringing back to the US jobs that currently go to Russians.
Trump’s Trade ConfusionNEW YORK – The trade skirmish between the United States and China on steel, aluminum, and other goods is a product of US President Donald Trump’s
scorn
for multilateral trade arrangements and the World Trade Organization, an institution that was created to adjudicate trade disputes.
Unless we change course soon, the world of 2118 will have much reason to regard us with
scorn.
Their anti-European animus, while crudely uninformed, reflects, among other factors, the
scorn
for secularism typical of Southern white evangelicals and the perverse notion promulgated by some distinguished Republican defense intellectuals that Europe today can contribute little or nothing to American security.
It would not be wise to
scorn
this diagnosis, to which Rodrik himself subscribes (at least in part), just because one dislikes the proposals put forward by Trump and some of the Conservative proponents of Brexit.
For example, recent criticism of Asian regulators by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is viewed across the region with scorn, not to mention incredulity.
Pundits
scorn
the theory, which says that the Communist party should not only represent workers and peasants but also society's "advanced productive forces, culture and interests," and they deem it wholly inadequate to China's mounting problems of inequality, corruption, and lack of democracy.
Yes, Blatter has finally resigned, but only after he and dozens of Federation members once again showed their
scorn
for honesty and the law.
Public
scorn
might not end corruption immediately, but it can make life far less pleasant for those who are stealing the commons from the rest of us.
But such
scorn
is misplaced, because popular entertainment often contains subtle images and messages about individualism, consumer choice, and other values that have important political effects.
Anyone who appears before the committee on anything CFPB-related can expect to hear
scorn
and venom from its Republican members, who claim – on the basis of no real evidence whatsoever – that the agency impedes growth, destroys jobs, holds down wages, or something else.
Give Centrism a ChanceNEW YORK – Europe’s progressive intelligentsia have come to
scorn
political “centrism.”
Left behind, America felt scorned, and that
scorn
led first to blame, and now to open conflict.
Under Trump’s “America First” administration, the US has turned inward, heaping
scorn
on its once-loyal allies, withdrawing support for key multilateral institutions (including the World Trade Organization and, in the midst of a pandemic, the World Health Organization), and embracing trade protectionism.
Worse, the
scorn
heaped on this promising new transportation technology has generated a wave of disinformation.
Anger at elites is rampant in Chile, but
scorn
for the country’s political class is particularly deep.
A more anarchic geopolitical landscape, in which national governments relegate international organizations to a residual role and
scorn
even the most basic principles of coexistence among nation-states, will benefit only those who specialize in exploiting chaos.
A flash of anger and
scorn
lit up the stranger's eyes, and I glimpsed a fearsome past in this man's life.
Do you still miss your Cubans, sir?""Captain, I
scorn
them from this day forward."
"Ugh!" the Canadian put in with distinct
scorn.
Next, this idea frightened him; a moment later, he said to himself: 'It would be cowardly on my part not to carry out an action which may be of use to me, and diminish the
scorn
which this fine lady probably feels for a poor workman, only just taken from the sawbench.'
'Pay good heed, my son, to what is taking place in your heart,' said the cure, frowning; 'I congratulate you on your vocation, if it is to it alone that must be ascribed your
scorn
of a more than adequate provision.
She saw herself an object of
scorn.
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