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  • Amy, Randy Loughner Known as Isolated, 'Contemptuous' People

    ABC News: Top Stories 2011

  • Contemptuous of their Teutonic roots—the ruling Wettins had changed their name to the more British-sounding Windsor during World War I—Diana called her in-laws “the Germans.”

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • Contemptuous of internal party democracy, something David Cameron never has to worry about in a top-down Conservative party, Downing Street is displaying a heavy-handedness that could put the coalition at risk.

    National Health Service: Dogma, democracy and the doctors | Editorial 2011

  • Contemptuous of town hall profligacy and feebleness she also seized control of local government budgets, policies and curriculums, supposedly to get the state off the back of oppressed voters.

    Political briefing: A drip-drip bloodbath in SW1 Michael White 2010

  • Contemptuous refusal, prompt counterattack, repeated battles till the brink of final victory.

    Arthurian Glories Renewed Tom Shippey 2011

  • Contemptuous of their Teutonic roots—the ruling Wettins had changed their name to the more British-sounding Windsor during World War I—Diana called her in-laws “the Germans.”

    William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011

  • Contemptuous of soldiering, he returned to the mill.

    The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010

  • Contemptuous of that horrible term, the president offered an all-too-glib answer: if the country could win a big one, it could certainly win a little one.29 It was as if the police department was supposed to drop blockbuster bombs to break up sidewalk quarrels.

    Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

  • Section 888 (Article 88, UCMJ) -- Contemptuous words by commissioned officers against certain officials.

    Chris Rodda: MRFF Demands DoD Revoke Authority of Chaplain Endorser Who Suggested Democrats Should Be Executed 2009

  • Contemptuous Meddling - The U.S. has taken several initiatives to resolve problems of Middle East nations.

    Reconciliation of Sunni and Sh'ia 2008

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