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Weiss is extremely popular among corporate executives disdainful of high taxes and big government.

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From the directors' box came disdainful comments, on the lack of defensive work by the main stars, despite meetings between the manager and them to turn things around, and Ancelotti's management of emerging talents.

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Following England regularly is to know captain Ben Stokes is disdainful about the idea of being "ruthless".

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That posture will surely ruffle the feathers of an “America First” president enamored of dictators and disdainful of allies.

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This time he is not just a disdainful bystander but one of the targets of the discontent, challenging him to navigate the treacherous waters of campus politics better than Lyndon B. Johnson did in 1968.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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