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Refusing to pay an unjustified toll may be contemptuous of Washington, but it's respectful of democracy.
A "cold, contemptuous, and interminable Oedipal saga," says the Village Voice 's J. Hoberman, "just a big, static snooze."
"Australia bows to Her Majesty" was the Sydney Morning Herald 's contemptuous headline Monday.
The showing of the Clinton videotapes on television was roundly condemned across Europe this week, where the press was as lavish in its praise of the American people as it was contemptuous of their leaders.
McCarthy, who seems to be contemptuous of punctuation in any language, rarely writes accents where they are not needed but often omits them where they are, e.g., mia [pp. 90, 117]; borrachon [p. 227]; mascara [p. 229]; perdida [p. 283]; asi [p. 284]; haran [pt. 290]; and que [p. 318].