Sentences with phrase «little scorn»

Between the World and Me: Atlantic Monthly columnist Ta - Nehisi Coates has garnered plenty of acclaim and more than a little scorn for his letter to his son on the racialism that is the Original Sin of American life.

Former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson deserves more than a little scorn for the violations of graduation policies (and the underlying causes of them) that took place under her watch.

New scrutiny (and more than a little scorn) was placed on the state's standardized tests after the now - infamous pineapple question made its way onto an English exam.

(Be prepared for a little scorn.)

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Meanwhile, projects like earthquake - stricken Haiti — which earned the foundation the scorn of grassroots Haitian activists that accused the foundation of mismanaging millions that did little to alleviate the poverty - stricken country's recovery — blemished the organization's reputation.

Even decisions that as a formal matter have little to do with religion take on a different coloration when Stevens» apparent scorn for some religions is factored in.

Nietzsche's scorn for «modern ideas» made a profound impression on his admirers: «This book [Beyond Good and Evil],» he said, «is a criticism of modernity, embracing the modern sciences, arts, even politics, together with certain indications as to a type that would be the reverse of modern man, for as little like him as possible: a noble, yea - saying man.»

They have also been scorned from the left for their seemingly uncritical espousal of economic self - improvement that may or may not be connected to the capitalist system but certainly has done little to challenge it in the political sphere.

I am disappointed in my generational peers who look back upon «the»60s» with patronizing scorn, as if we ought to be a little embarrassed for having dreamed those dreams.

A little more than a year later, I remembered those people and their silent tears as I wandered round a Moscow at last liberated from the Communist tyranny that had demanded the allegiance of everyone since 1917, a Moscow from which the tanks, defeated mainly by popular scorn for a rotten, drunken, washed - up junta of secret policemen and hacks, had withdrawn.

The epistle writer gives us a primer, almost a little rule, for holding on to our faith in these or any times: be thankful, pray no matter what, listen for the spirit's prompting and do not spurn it when it comes, refuse to scorn with worldly wisdom the words of prophets.

This is the natural consequence of the logic of exchange as the foundation of worth and value: if worth is based upon what one has or knows or achieves, those who have little by society's standards become worthless and expendable, objects of scorn, neglect and abuse.

Hey, don't just dip a delicate little toe in the sea of scorn and ridicule; what the heck, just go for it and do a big, fat belly flop.

His scorn grew to encompass her tenure during the so - called «slush - fund scandal,» where it was revealed that Council members were handing out discretionary money to fake organizations and political cronies with little oversight.

Indeed, it is little short of a bribe and a further device for government ministers to pour scorn on those councils who refuse to take it.

The agreement, coming after several days of negotiations with little noticeable progress, was a measured victory for Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, who is rumored to have presidential aspirations, and who made his scorn for President Trump's policies — particularly the federal tax plan — a centerpiece of his State of the State and budget addresses in January and in speeches ever since.

She was a little older and had been scorned many times before.

Arthur C. Clarke tells us that Kubrick had little patience with previous Sci - Fi movies, and scorn for most of them.

Walter, who looks about 10 years old, is the bully jock, and Danny is the imaginative, unathletic little brother that is the constant subject of Walter's scorn.

After years of mostly deserved critical scorn, it seems video game adaptations are getting a little more respect.