| 单词 | meanness |
| 例句 | “Shut it! I’m tired of your meanness! What did I ever do to you?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Thursday, when I get there, Judd’s meanness has got the best of him again, because I can see he’s running out of work for me to do, just giving me work to make me sweat. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Are petty meanness and spite characteristics you approve of in students who seek to become arcanists? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We are very close to the other tents so he speaks softly, but with cold meanness. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I admit that I was thrilled by their meanness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But the only ones she spoke back to were the few who called her Miss Love or—for meanness—Miss Simpson. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I feel sorry for Mary then—despite her meanness, despite everything. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I still went to the pictures, though, but the meanness got worse. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z But Cradle’s chewing outs always seemed to me to be born more of exasperation than meanness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Through it all Ben continued to teach me mental exercises that I was half convinced he constructed out of sheer meanness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Your kindness may be meanness now, and your bleak honesty fretful and conniving. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The normal meanness that the winter brought was compounded by the small-spiritedness that hunger and scarlet fever produced. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z From now on, every time I thought of my mother, I could, so easy, slip off into a cold place where meanness took over. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z How does such meanness and hate build a better Germany? The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z When he had been mean the biting acid of meanness left him at the brush line. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And then Jason showed the meanness that was in him, brilliant hero though he had seemed to be: he engaged himself to marry the daughter of the King of Corinth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no meanness in it, and I knew she could tell that, because her shoulders relaxed a bit and she let out a relieved sigh. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z On top of the meanness of Miranda’s words and of her friends’ laughter, there was the shame she felt at her heavy tongue and the embarrassment of the other students’ pity. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They were playing up their kiss, maybe to like take attention away from the meanness Calista was having. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was miserable, sitting on the edge of her bed in that puddle of meanness. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The afternoon had become as hot as meanness, and since the shirt he was wearing had enough starch in it to mummify two, maybe three, pharaohs, he began to feel he could hardly breathe. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There was no meanness in this face, no kindness either. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The captain pinched her arm, a little bit with joviality, a little bit with meanness to get her to look at him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z His Bible and the packages were the only time he had any feelings other than meanness and a desire for revenge. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He does not let himself be angered by meanness. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The son was mean, and it was the kind of meanness that infected everything around. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Just then I had an unwelcome visitor to the gallery—one of the tough transportation officers with a reputation for meanness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Jordan’s meanness could sneak up on you. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I remembered vividly the Bakers' brand of meanness when they wouldn't let me jump rope. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z So this was the man her father’s friends complained about—his unfairness and downright meanness. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Maybe it was die heat, maybe just like it had sucked all the energy out of me it had sucked all the meanness and fun out of Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Undoubtedly,” replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed, “there is meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z At my words, her face tightened and her look changed to meanness and anger. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were made up of meanness, brutality and heartbreak; others were bright and beautiful because of Miss Bernstone and Mr. Morton. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And their boredom is the thing that the meanness feeds on. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z How could a guy live without some meanness? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He had the rawness, the abandon, the unbridled meanness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see. In other words, you’ll be tossing laurels at old men outstanding only for their unequaled meanness.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Newcharlie and Aaron were the same height and walked the same way, and now they had the same meanness. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z And when the picture was finished, you didn’t see the dirt or the meanness; you saw the glory of innocence and the poignancy of a baby growing up too soon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z These days we trade verbal meannesses as a kind of game, like badminton. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It is often said that nature has no disdain, and therefore the natural death lacks the concept of anger, of revenge, of meanness, and that it is even sometimes—shudder—beautiful. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And the meanness of the suggestion that he should leave Polly behind suddenly made all the other things the Witch had been saying to him sound false and hollow. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Their jobs and their family set them apart, but they were best known for their unrelenting meanness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z You know how I said meanness shows up in people’s faces? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z When he first came to Medallion, die people called him Pretty Johnnie, but Eva looked at his milky skin and cornsilk hair and out of a mixture of fun and meanness called him Tar Baby. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z There were other people in the neighborhood who were noted for their bad tempers or downright meanness, but their actions were predictable. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Unless it was somebody like Sula, who put Eva away out of meanness. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen him pick a fight just out of meanness,” she said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Francie liked school in spite of all the meanness, cruelty, and unhappiness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mama,” she scolded, “the Lord don’t like meanness.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z There was a nervous meanness in these long twigs that made us long for the steady stroke of a strap or the firm but honest slap of a hairbrush. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z One sidekick had a stoaty meanness and acne not even ornate makeup could cover. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And you act like you’re disgusted, because you don’t like meanness. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But that kind of language was not, in my mind, ever uttered by anyone except those who were unique in their meanness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “There isn’t. Lem Harvey’s born to trouble. He did pretty well while he was drilling the men; that let him work off part of his meanness. Now—heaven help us!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Zara was a fun, caring friend, but she was capable of meanness. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In my heart I knew I wouldn’t have been so kind to Vonetta if her meanness had caused Fern to run off. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then, with all the meanness still in me, I laughed, and Aileen laughed too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It always changes folks, and sometimes it brings out dirt and meanness dat even de person didn’t know they had in ’em theyselves. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The other thing we hated Mrs Pratchett for was her meanness. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet his niceness made her feel almost as tired as Eevie’s meanness. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was not—as Izzy herself suspected, and as Lexie, in moments of meanness, teased her—because she had been an accident, or unwanted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then he could see their meanness and their stupidity objectively; then he could pity them and help them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if Richard will ever forgive me, for my meanness to James while he was alive, and my failure to save him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Zara had said and done a bunch of things that made me furious, but to be honest, I couldn’t remember any actual meanness. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand how you could live in a mean world and not have any of that meanness rub off on you. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I was exhausted by the meanness, thrown off by how personal it had become, and feeling, too, as if there were no way I could quit. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As much as I hated Vonetta’s meanness, her taunting was enough to prop Fern up and move her feet forward just to show Vonetta she wasn’t a baby. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “So can the boy, now that he’s growing up. Your face looks like maybe you had enough white folks’ meanness for a while.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He makes his mind tough, closed against insult, closed against meanness. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z This wasn't the same Prince Brat who'd run away the night before, bored with his own meanness and haughtiness and cruelty. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “And other things. Some people there were terrific, but a lot of them, I don’t know, they seemed to have a meanness in them. They were friendly and all that, but...” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z As Digory said afterward, the horrible meanness of getting at a chap in that way, almost made him sick. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z At which point the revelry mixed with meanness abated and King Walker handed Milkman his Winchester .22. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Nearly everyone in town raised a few chickens, but turkeys were less common, being bigger and having a more pronounced tendency toward meanness, except of course for Travis’s birds. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z But then the meanness turns into year-after-year occurrences, and it is accelerating. Mom is afraid to give up friends whose daughters are mean 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z She also, out of what seems to be sheer meanness, goes to bed with a next-door neighbor whose wife is cheerful, pregnant and outgoing — everything Elizabeth is determined never to be. | 'Mother and Child': Annette Bening in Rodrigo Garcia?s Study of Motherhood 2010-05-06T23:30:00Z Maybe Rhea and the Pierces will acknowledge the truth in Kendall’s observation; evidence of Logan’s meanness and greed are on display in a product passing off divisive race-baiting as news and fact. Watch "Succession" to understand why media companies reward the worst people 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z She fully acknowledged the utter meanness of the commenters’ body snarking on her appearance, but she didn’t turn it into a pity party. Gabourey Sidibe shuts down the trolls 2014-01-15T15:48:00Z Mr. Weber’s universe — one of sinewy boys in britches, solitary athletes, preppies toting footballs, models and society dames — is free, by design, of meanness, squalor and unsightliness. A Chronicler of Fashion Turns to the Heart 2010-11-25T05:10:00Z Particularly exasperating, though, is the publisher's meanness with illustrations. Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer by Rachel Campbell-Johnston - review 2011-07-15T21:55:04Z But still, no abuse, no meanness, just an ambitious middle-class home where I was valued only for my academic achievements and my looks. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: It was a non-crying shame when her parents passed away 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z She could satirize without resorting to meanness; she had the timing and restraint to highlight the humor in a script without overwhelming it. Jan Hooks (1957-2014): An Appreciation 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The meanness of poverty, and exploitation of labor. Review: Skilled ensemble defines loneliness in Seattle Rep's 'Of Mice and Men' 2011-03-24T00:08:55Z “Parents should firmly stop children’s war play or any other kind of play that degenerates into deliberate cruelty or meanness,” he wrote. Bang: The troubled legacy of toy guns 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Crude manipulation sits side by side with exquisite subtlety; tawdriness is all mixed up with beauty, meanness with tenderness. ‘The Immigrant,’ With Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z It is the peculiar lowness of poverty that you discover first; the shifts that it puts you to, the complicated meanness, the crust-wiping.” Austerity in literature 2010-05-24T11:13:00Z “It’s a kind of meanness and miserliness on the part of these prosperous countries that say, we don’t want these people,” he said. Abdulrazak Gurnah Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Careful to obey the letter of that injunction — and thus exposing the preposterousness as well as the meanness of its spirit — Mr. Panahi did not write a screenplay or wield a full-size camera. Movie Review: He?s Jafar Panahi, but ?This Is Not a Film? 2012-02-29T00:00:06Z It glosses over the criminal meanness and fraudulence of a media-fed war that was “trivial, for all its vastness,” as Bertrand Russell, who lived through it, wrote. World War I — The Quick. The Dead. The Artists. 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The wife who tipped you off did sort-of the right thing in getting upset and calling the meanness to your attention. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: She’s tired of being a tongue-biter around a backbiter 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Still, how is it that Libby, who seemed to grow last season, has become someone who exhibits a meanness toward employees? 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Doing Your Own Dirty Work 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z So while there’s no Simon Cowell at the judges’ table to offer abrasion, into this void steps Jimmy, who delivers the requisite meanness not by being harsh, but by sharing his truth. ArtsBeat: 'American Idol' Top 8: Jimmy Always Wins 2011-04-14T13:57:33Z The intrusiveness, the pomposity, the meanness, the tensions, the game-playing, of words, and shouts, and implications. The Silence; That Mitchell and Webb Look; Shooting Stars 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z The callow meanness of these speeches is the point, but they're also draining. HBO's "The White Lotus" satirizes the oddly funny, mutually exploitative side of luxury vacations 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z This is not a sign of meanness, it is a sign of immaturity. My son seems to lack empathy. Is that okay? 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z Rage-baiting is commonplace and infuriatingly successful, so the most prevalent language of the Internet is at its best cynicism and its worst outright meanness. Motherlode Blog: On Facebook, Bullies 'Like' if You Hate 2012-09-09T21:51:53Z Even when her co-hosts gave her the floor – well, consider this instance she cites in the first excerpt from "Bad Republican," which she shares as an example of Goldberg's supposed meanness in her final days. From Hasselbeck to McCain, "The View" needs the "right" hook when casting its conservative co-host 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Sydney offers a blunt rebuttal, reminding us of our limitless capacity for aggression, deceit, irrationality and plain old meanness. When the Movies Pictured A.I., They Imagined the Wrong Disaster 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The eagles who practice parental meanness apparently raise more successful fledglings than their more indulgent counterparts. Cutting the Cord: What Parents and Teenagers Need to Know 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z And, in one sense, the show is entirely realistic: the metastasizing meanness. Spare Times for Children for March 28-April 3 2014-03-27T22:34:17Z With keen psychological observation, Fitzgerald discloses in these people a meanness of spirit and absence of loyalties. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Beyoncé, teens and a Twitter lesson in meanness It’s one thing when the bullies go after us. Beyoncé, teens and a Twitter lesson in meanness 2012-05-31T13:56:00Z But all this does is allow more time and space for meanness, hurt feelings and miscommunication. How to be your daughter’s confidante 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z If the play, with all its cattiness and cruelty, at times feels like “Mean Girls Goes to Camp,” it’s not always clear where the meanness is coming from. Review: A ‘Seagull’ Airlifted to a World of Soy Milk and Prada Sneakers 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Consider the opening lines of her second novel, “Dark Places”: “I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ,” confesses Libby Day. Perspective | Thank you, Gillian Flynn for giving women permission to be bad 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The benevolence or meanness of individual masters makes very little difference in a society built on the total exploitation of human bodies for profit. Review: In Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth of a Nation,’ Must-See and Won’t-See Collide 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z "I had an ignoble knack for meanness," Nixon admits in "Crooked." In Austin Grossman's supernatural novel, 'Crooked,' Richard Nixon meets H.P. Lovecraft 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Just how spectacularly bad this idea is — how packed with vanity, magical thinking and plain, stupid meanness — emerges over the course of a few days, but the warning signs are there from the start. | 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z Bigotry and meanness flow through every moment like an underground stream, but kindness is always possible, and so is beauty. Review: ‘The Shape of Water’ Is Altogether Wonderful 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z They may clarify the meanness you are seeing, as well as create interesting consequences and rewards. Perspective | My kids are fighting more since they’ve been stuck at home. How do I restore order? 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Until then, any ideas for keeping the meanness at bay? A Totally Radical Plan for Getting Along With Your Siblings 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z It’s come so far from the beginning of the show to where it is now, and yet it still can surprise you with its anger and meanness, its tenderness and its vulnerability. Tough scenes, rocky starts: Six TV drama actors dish 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Emily is self-absorbed, lazy and rude, but also so lacking in true meanness or guile and so dogged in her pursuit of shallow pleasures that she’s kind of fun to be around. Review: She’s Still a Mess, but ‘Snatched’ Is No ‘Trainwreck’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z A meanness with resources, a lack of appreciation for others’ efforts, obsession with business matters and an inability to care and share with others. A letter to … my elderly father, who doesn’t seem to care about his sons 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z There is an absence of meanness in the Hesses’ comic worldview that makes their films almost impossible to dislike. Review: ‘Don Verdean,’ a Sendup of Ambitious Pastors and the Lure of Religious Relics 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z With a combination of unvarnished meanness and deadpan jokiness, he keeps lashing away at his nearest and dearest, who have gathered in the living room for an informal reunion occasioned by the parents’ wedding anniversary. Theater Review: In Will Eno’s ‘The Open House,’ Dysfunctional Dynamics 2014-03-04T03:00:03Z "Saga" is an especially wonderful antidote to the cruelty and meanness of America and the world today. Comics author Brian K. Vaughan on his global hit "Saga" and making art in troubled times 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z He would never again listen to “Abbey Road” without the specter of Abbot’s mocky-mocky face of meanness. Trust Me on This: “Abbey Road” 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z Whatever is dysregulating her to cause destruction and meanness is not calculated. Perspective | My 5-year-old is mean to her older brother. I can’t seem to stop it. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Hunter says the worst part of the affair's fallout was being subjected to "meanness." John Edwards' former mistress says she'll always love him 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z “But then she enjoys her meanness in a way that, because she’s so charismatic, convinces you to also enjoy the meanness.” Comedy’s next big star Michelle Wolf doesn’t want to make a point — she just wants to make you laugh 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z One of the first killer jokes in the stand-up act of Louie Anderson was about the meanness of older brothers. Louie Anderson and the Compassion of America’s Eternal Kid 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z These absences are part of what Joyce referred to as the style of "scrupulous meanness" with which he wrote Dubliners, meaning the frugality he applies to language, image and emotion. A brief survey of the short story 2011-03-09T09:41:46Z Fleck is bullied by thieving poor kids and drunken rich guys, goaded to the point of murder by the meanness of the world. ‘Joker’ Review: Are You Kidding Me? 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z “Ford powerfully captures the complicated mix of meanness, frustration and obsessive mothering familiar to so many Black daughters,” Bridgett M. Davis writes in her review. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The institution known as family and its internal politics surface again and again, and the deep divide between the Nygaard brothers gives us another crippling insight into meanness beyond Pearl’s harsh, thinly drawn character. ArtsBeat: ‘Fargo’ Recap: Making Way for Marge and Lester 2014-04-16T16:19:16Z "We are a region plagued by… cruelty, ambition, meanness and greed." Bolívar by Marie Arana – review 2013-06-15T15:00:01Z As unkind as the three main characters of Araminta Hall’s “Imperfect Women” can be to one another — envious, judgmental, competitive and spiteful — their internecine meanness is nothing like the brutality of their self-laceration. The Lies That Bind, and Break, a Friendship 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z On that famous meanness: I wouldn’t mind reading a volume of the unexpurgated insults of Jean Stafford. Jean Stafford’s Novels Frankly Survey the Kingdom of Childhood 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z She mentions the Post article, her fear of “callout culture” and what she sees as the pervading meanness that surrounds us. Parker Posey: ‘I didn’t think I would work again – so I wrote a book’ 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z You don’t mention any bullying or outright meanness, but you do mention she is highly sensitive and quite mature. Perspective | A daughter’s failing friendships: How to help without helping too much? 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Stacey Abrams, whose push for voter registration helped put Georgia at the political center of the United States, calls 2020 a year that “saw horror and meanness surge, and justice fight back.” Meghan and Harry end their eventful 2020 with first podcast 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z “What strikes me about stunts like this is their fundamental meanness,” Sean Carroll, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, wrote on Twitter. Hoaxers Slip Breastaurants and Dog-Park Sex Into Journals 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z There’s a whiff of pointless meanness to the play’s mimicry of her and of another famous classmate, Sigourney Weaver. A Neil LaBute Play Anchors Summer Shorts Festival 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z He also possesses a sharp wit and a generous spirit, mocking his characters without meanness and lampooning their social circumstances without condescension. | 'Win Win': Riding the Wave of Life?s Indignities 2011-03-17T23:03:24Z “She fought against understanding her own anger, diverting it as much into meanness and booze as into art.” Jean Stafford’s Novels Frankly Survey the Kingdom of Childhood 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z When I engage those people further, it often turns out that it’s not the supposed meanness but the disagreement itself that makes them angry. Welcoming Back Live Theater Doesn’t Mean Agreeing About All of It 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Olive is a character of ruthless beauty, stubborn and steadfast, a woman who values intelligence over happiness and is saved from real meanness by an essentially kind heart and a dry wit. TV Picks: 'Olive Kitteridge,' 'Elementary,' 'Death Comes to Pemberley' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z We were back in familiar, enjoyable “Daily Show” territory, with Stewart delighting in mocking meanness and insanity and making us laugh. Jon Stewart’s Big Announcement 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Though Thatcher would later emphasize how much she lacked as a child — including hot running water and an inside toilet — her deprived home life was a result of her father’s financial meanness, not poverty. How to Survive a Royal Weekend on ‘The Crown’ 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Roseanne’s meanness has always been an aspect of her character, yet her willingness to say the unsayable has taken on new meaning in a culture that has grown crueler over the past 20 years. Cold comfort: how the Roseanne revival portrayed a bleak America 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Self-pity is one of humankind's least likeable traits, along with meanness. Edinburgh international book festival diary 2011-08-28T17:52:44Z Taking an aunt’s gift from a little girl is meanness that swallows the cause. Carolyn Hax: Niece’s mom has a strict no-gifts policy, but Auntie resents it Whatever their faults, Wright claims, they are men of character who displayed little of the partisan meanness so prevalent today. The State That Foreshadows America’s Future 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The meanness outlined in the suit simply augments these trolls' attacks, especially the claim that Lizzo called attention to Davis' weight gain before publicly firing her. Can fans accept the new reality of Lizzo? 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z The novel’s setting is a nameless town about twenty-five miles outside New York City, which—because of the blandness and meanness of its depiction—I’m just going to speculate is in Westchester County. A Cinderella Story with an Immigrant Twist 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z It sounds like a humor defense, a vestige of a younger you, but your new state of enlightenment only underscores the casual meanness of it now. Carolyn Hax: Tell ‘stepmonster’ you’re sorry for having been mean 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z This seemed like a practical joke — a long-delayed maraschino cherry of meanness to drop on me, as if his mission hadn’t been completed. Interview With My Bully: The bully who asked me out 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z The initial reviews were those of a precocious, attention-hungry beginner: too many words, too much personality, too much hyperbole and too much look-at-me meanness. Henry James, a Poohbah Who Painted With Words 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It's the association with April's meanness that seems to bother her the most. Aubrey Plaza Can Do More Than Roll Her Eyes 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z “And the bow is a representation of JoJo. Ultimately the goal of that video is to suggest that meanness isn’t cool, and niceness is cool.” With Hair Bows and Chores, YouTube Youth Take On Mean Girls 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z “When she escorts us into the private lives of popular culture’s gods and monsters, it’s with a spirit of wonder, not meanness.” Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The American “Master Chef”- and “Cake Boss”-style meanness isn’t really our jam. How Do I Fill the ‘Succession’-Size Hole in My Sunday? 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z One thing is clear: given the negative link between black humour and aggression, anyone who argues that a mean sense of humour leads to meanness in real life must be joking. Sick jokes and intelligence: is there a link? Quiz | Ben Ambridge 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Morally questionable humiliation has always been a part of the prank show, and the newer versions often make explicit a meanness that was always a part of “Candid Camera” and “Punk’d.” In This Prank Show, the Joke’s on Misogynistic Men 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z The spirit of scrupulous meanness that he used in his prose was a spirit which a lone walker on those nights could sense as palpable and present. Joyce's Dublin: city of dreamers and chancers 2012-06-15T21:55:00Z The celebration is universal, which does not always jibe with the petty meanness of the Shakespeare. Review: Shakespeare’s ‘Merry Wives,’ Now in South Harlem 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z But there’s a crucial tonal difference: no meanness in it. Women’s Voices Festival a Potent Reminder of Who Goes Unheard Onstage 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z Johnny Carson was far too remote to be considered relatable, and David Letterman developed a reputation for meanness that, whether earned or not, was part of his appeal to some fans. James Corden and the Dangers of Likability 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Luger cranks trap music’s booming meanness to the point of absurdity and dares you to laugh. Lex Luger Can Write a Hit Rap Song in the Time It Takes to Read This 2011-11-04T17:42:52Z But they were all intact of themselves, in their stupidity, their meanness, their puzzlement, their Southern “ruralness.” Review: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z No marital meanness or dramatic blowups disturb the calm of a plot that keeps its discreetly roiling emotions on the inside. Review: Piecing Together a Life in ‘Puzzle’ 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “It’s the meanness of spirit that gets to you, and the lack of concern, or feelings of humanity of others,” Crew said about the bombing and the era of terrorism. The artifacts and stories that brought the African American museum to life 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z And he looked at her, without any kind of meanness—he looked completely innocent—and he said, “Why not? I went to college.” Without Dave: Life After “Late Show with David Letterman” 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Indeed, Ben might look like an “alien,” but, in his taste for meanness and cruelty, he is precociously worldly. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s long been said that this kind of behavior can be interpreted as romantic affection — that in less mature hands, a crush can reveal itself through, well, meanness. Cruel can be kind: Scientific study explains why we dish out tough love 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z When this happens three or four times in the space of 10 minutes, I want to shut down and walk away until I’m somewhere with no people, no pettiness, no meanness. What I’m really thinking: the trans employee 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z Another said the demon’s “ludicrous meanness destroys the terror which is the soul of the scene.” Hidden Demon Uncovered in 18th-Century Painting 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z But while his characters can be cruel, he never succumbs to meanness. ‘Gloria Bell’ Review: Love Is in the Air for a Transcendent Julianne Moore 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z An uncontrollable meanness seems to be growing inside her. Elena Ferrante Returns With ‘The Lying Life of Adults’ 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Ford powerfully captures the complicated mix of meanness, frustration and obsessive mothering familiar to so many Black daughters. Ashley C. Ford’s Memoir Recalls Life With a Single Mom and a Jailed Dad 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Mary's government added meanness to its brutality, and had not paid up. Saints, Sacrilege & Sedition by Eamon Duffy - review 2012-07-27T21:55:05Z It banks on your cruelty, which might be interesting if the movie acknowledged its meanness and didn’t smother it in the requisite late-act sentimental blather about friendship, family and so on. ‘Good Boys’ Review: The Cruel Comedy of Lost Innocence 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Friend or Foe: If every remark was indeed meant as a dig, then this is a surprising level of meanness to emerge without warning. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: During a long vacation, a friend unpacks a lot of insensitive remarks 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Then again, the weight of Franklin Saint’s evolution into power, meanness and internal turmoil is precisely what distinguishes this series from the overall brainlessness and froth flooding the schedule right now. What to watch after "Stranger Things" season 3: Start with "Harlots" 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z But as Bernie opens her world, Mrs. Nugent — out of fear, spite, pathology or plain meanness — tries to shrink his until he’s in her pocket. Movie Review: ?Bernie? With Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine 2012-04-26T21:53:23Z As the head of a luxury marketing agency who overdresses, smokes, mocks political correctness and oozes meanness, she is the extreme version of the “Parisienne,” disseminating style and scorn in equal measure. Want to Play La Parisienne? Here’s How 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z And under pressure, in the cloistered atmosphere of the gothically moody girls’ school drama “Cracks,” meanness can be lethal. | 'Cracks': At Desolate Girls? School, Diving Teacher Rules Roost 2011-03-17T22:29:06Z On the personality of entrepreneurs and how meanness turns into a psycho-pathology: When abuse becomes psychopathy: how to recognize it and how to call it out 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z She also wrote of her attacks, "My targets didn't deserve them. No one does. Many of them needed empathy, kindness, understanding and support, not my meanness masquerading as a kind of casual, edgy humor." Chrissy Teigen and the enduring, celebrity need to be relatable 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z He weighs the promise of life against the meanness, cruelty and tragedy that await us all. Review | If you feel intimidated by Karl Ove Knausgaard’s ‘My Struggle,’ try ‘Spring’ 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Ms. McAdams can’t quite settle on the right measure of meanness, and Ms. Rapace is reluctant to shed the scary intensity that carried her through the Swedish “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series. Movie Review: Brian De Palma’s ‘Passion’ Stars Rachel McAdams 2013-08-29T22:04:14Z What is it like for you to be known for all these roles who are memorable, partly, because of their outsized meanness? Why we all love "Somebody Somewhere" star Jeff Hiller: "Everybody feels like they're the outsider" 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z But part of the meanness is the nature of Twitter. When the Cyberbully Is You 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z Even here there's not so much viciousness as intellectual confusion, which turns into a pleasingly spirited demolition of the meanness of their great influence, FR Leavis. The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z The writers kick off the season with that tension viewers professed to want more of while commenting on the tendency to view meanness as a virtue. The "Ted Lasso" way gets tested in the beloved show's third season 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z My husband is absolutely done with trying and believes she is replaying a “generational meanness” exhibited by her birth mother and grandmother. Perspective | Ask Amy: Family struggles with adult daughter’s vitriol 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z You haven’t shared the particulars of your neighbor’s meanness and bullying, or how you judged these episodes to be “entirely his fault.” Why Won’t My Boyfriend Shut Up About How Much He Loves His Ex? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z It is easier to punish the sass and meanness, but that will not get you far. A 10-year-old’s complaints about school are creating morning misery 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z You see the meanness — how it deforms Phil’s face, how it batters Rose’s — but also tenderness. ‘The Power of the Dog’ Review: Wild Hearts on a Closed Frontier 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z There is something voluptuous in the rage inspired by the kind of meanness we are used to calling Dickensian. | 'Jane Eyre': Radiant Spirit Blossoms in Barren Land 2011-03-10T22:30:15Z “We don’t want to facilitate meanness,” said Michael Heyward, Whisper’s chief executive. In Hollywood, Apps Like Whisper Dish Dirt 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Better to tempt their outrage than roll over to meanness. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You hate your husband’s pandemic beard. Now what? 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z This recovered footage, by contrast, shows a moment of uncomplicated attraction between black people, with no trace of prank or meanness or midnight-colored paint. Can we Trust the Beauty of Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk”? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z “You don’t expect to run into that level of meanness in a 7-year-old.” Cultural Studies: The Playground Gets Even Tougher 2010-10-08T19:50:00Z My first two serious relationships could be characterised by screaming matches, eye rolls and meanness. Kasey Edwards: I love being married, but am I the exception? 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Their voices have generally been honed by Twitter to a rapier-sharp meanness, alternating between dismissive sneering and scrupulous sanctimony. So You’re at a Literary Conference With a Bunch of Jerks 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z Just when “Happy, Happy” needs to bolt over the line from chortling petty meanness to savage social critique, its will crumples. | ?Happy, Happy': ?Happy, Happy,? Directed by Anne Sewitsky ? Review 2011-09-15T22:54:43Z She is so testy. Her meanness takes a particular shape, in that it comes to life only when she is in the pool. Johannesburg by Pool 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z “It kept growing — this meanness inside me,” she says. With Sensuality and Coolness, a Debut Novel Considers the (Partial) Truths We Tell About Ourselves 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Its bruising extremity is relieved by flickers of tenderness that can seem as arbitrary as the ambient meanness. | 'Tyrannosaur': ?Tyrannosaur? With Peter Mullan - Review 2011-11-17T22:48:28Z Unexpectedly wise, Baby Cakes is actually a sentimental figure, but amid all the obscenity and meanness of this show, that comes as a relief. Critic?s Notebook: In ?China, IL? on Cartoon Network, Authority Figures Go Wild 2012-02-18T01:27:28Z The traditional model of a psychopathic mind focuses on meanness and disinhibition. Psychopathic Tendencies Help Some People Succeed in Business 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z “It is legislating hate. It is legislating meanness. The children of Nebraska deserve to have somebody stand up and fight for them.” Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z I have not told my friend about Jason’s meanness and bullying, because I don’t need to drag her into it. Advice | Miss Manners: My friend gave me a gift made by someone who bullies me 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z There’s still a lot of fighting and meanness, and that’s not cool. ChatGPT bot channels history to pen State of Union speech 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z They have no reason to exist other than pure meanness and spite,” wrote another. The Razzies rescind nomination for child actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong after uproar 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z In psychological terms, meanness is aggressive resource-seeking without regard for others. Psychopathic Tendencies Help Some People Succeed in Business 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Again, your goal is not to harden your son to the meanness of the world. Advice | How to help a sensitive child in a not-so-sensitive world 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Fortunately, even before the story’s clever swerve into Stephen King territory, Matilda has two benevolent adult counterweights to the meanness and indifference that her parents and the Trunchbull represent. Review: Never a dull moment (but many Dahl moments) in the charming 'Matilda the Musical' 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z An abject bully who does not shy away from racist comments, sexual stereotypes, homophobia, misogyny and blatant meanness is now back, front and center in our news cycle. Want to be a better person in 2023? Here are 25 rules of civility 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Many observers concluded that this must be because Trump’s voters were simply awful bigots who loved meanness for its own sake. Opinion | Listening to Kari Lake clarifies what makes Trump so popular 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Other research has identified people who score higher than most on meanness or disinhibition, but who don’t seem to get into trouble for antisocial behavior. Psychopathic Tendencies Help Some People Succeed in Business 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z “It’s like meanness pours out of my fingers!” Nikki Finke, sharp-tongued Hollywood columnist, dies at 63 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z “The mouth that Hurd has painted is firm, even capable of meanness,” and the Vietnam War and Watts riots are reflected “in the furrows of the brow and eyes.” The presidents who hated their presidential portraits 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Not from meanness or cruelty; it was a struggle over water. It Was War. Then, a Rancher’s Truce With Some Pesky Beavers Paid Off. 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z “It kind of boosts the meanness of the whole group.” Saints’ 1st-rounder Penning building pugilistic reputation 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “It is emotionally hard to instantaneously erase many, many years of raw meanness and incivility,” Brown said. Southern Baptist leaders say they will release list of alleged sex abusers 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z That moment of pettiness and meanness, and that inability to appreciate something so simple and beautiful hurt my soul. Dear Donald Trump: No, America is definitely not OK. It's your fault — and ours too 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z It could not help her overcome a nervous mind and constitution shattered by the pure wall-to-wall meanness of this system. Perspective | The Kamila Valieva ordeal proved a need for Olympic reform. Here are three places to start. 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z “Breathing Forests” represents not the sound of what nature means to us but what we, in our climate change meanness, mean to nature. Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen makes a triumphant return to the L.A. Phil 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z That’s not untrue, but it reduces one of history’s most awful acts of hatred against specific groups to a large-scale random act of meanness. Whoopi Goldberg learned something about the Holocaust — let’s follow her example 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z All the meanness is aimed at each other. Johnny Knoxville on 'Jackass Forever,' 'miles' of male nudity and 'not so tough' WWE wrestlers 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Patriotism has become a cover for anger, disappointment, selfishness, paranoia, meanness, racism and cowardliness. Perspective | Memorializing anger and ignorance 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z For the aspiring autocrats, meanness is not a symptom; it’s a strategy, a weapon for driving the faceless, faithful custodians of America’s electoral machinery out and replacing them with partisan foot soldiers. Opinion | 2021 made us meaner. Can 2022 be a year of second chances? 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z The meanness of the public has forced many public-facing industries to rethink what used to be an article of faith: that the customer is always right. A Nation on Hold Wants to Speak With a Manager 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z “I don’t know how there are people with such meanness,” he wrote. Man City’s João Cancelo assaulted, injured by ‘four cowards’ 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z As long ago as 1968, Benjamin Spock revised his “Baby and Child Care” guide to advise, “Parents should firmly stop children’s war play or other kind of play that degenerates into deliberate cruelty or meanness.” Opinion | Toy sellers should disarm for the holidays 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z But too many of his critics have wielded meanness as their message. Perspective | The shaming of Zion Williamson says more about a culture of critics than about him 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z But not in our spiritually hollowed-out world, where meanness is a virtue and hatred is the coin of the realm. Opinion | A tragic movie-set death is a lesson in decency — and its opposite 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Add to that the contemporary turn toward simple meanness online and in the media, with bullying often admired and nastiness rewarded. Opinion | I used to run a police homicide unit. The rage behind so many of today’s murders feels new. 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z “We lack words to describe the meanness of the Polish authorities,” the group wrote on Twitter. Trapped between Poland and Belarus, 32 Afghans — and their cat — have become symbols of Europe’s new border crisis 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z "I think that it’s important to be kind in this world and there’s been so much meanness happening and a lot of deflecting. So I would consider it if it helped people." Courtney Stodden would 'consider' joining Chrissy Teigen in Meghan Markle-style interview with Oprah Winfrey 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Many of them needed empathy, kindness, understanding and support, not my meanness masquerading as a kind of casual, edgy humor. The Chrissy Teigen fallout ramps up as L.A. designer alleges 'most inhuman treatment' 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z He called the case “an entirely new level of baseness and meanness from the presidential administration.” Jailed Russian opposition leader Navalny declares hunger strike 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z In his wartime travels he found "the picture is the same everywhere — sporadic outbursts of violence, meanness, murder, and bloodshed." Howard Thurman's "Fascist Masquerade": The Black thinker who saw this coming, 75 years ago 2021-02-13T05:00:00Z Squish and his friends are ultimately good-hearted, but there’s also some moderate meanness and verbal hostility among the characters — though it’s typically resolved by the end of each episode. What to watch with your kids: ‘Penguin Bloom,’ ‘Finding Ohana’ and more 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z “I think that, whatever you believe is your right. I hate the negativity and meanness. Even worse is seeing somebody you think you know say something they wouldn’t normally say.” Opinion | What Facebook Fed the Baby Boomers 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Today, Iowans who used to be renowned for niceness prefer a national leader whose defining characteristic is meanness, especially toward urban areas, where more liberals, racial minorities and immigrants live. Editorial Roundup: Iowa 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Without naming them, Mr. Legend said people have wrongly bought into Mr. Trump’s “meanness,” “bullying,” and “selfishness.” John Legend mocks pro-Trump rappers: ‘Twisted masculinity’ 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z “And if you’re tired of seeing the meanness and the lies … that has infected our political system, then truth, compassion and empathy are on the ballot.” Hard-hitting U.S. Senate race headlines Kentucky election 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately, our world is getting in worse shape; people are crazy and drugs and meanness and everything else.” In Rural Virginia, a Militia Tries to Recruit a New Ally: The County Government 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z At a recent campaign stop, Hicks asked supporters if they were “tired of seeing the meanness” that he said has infected politics. Barr-Hicks race continues district’s battleground reputation 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z Since the debate, the public conversation has focused on Trump’s shameless nonstop lying, his bullying interruptions, his petulant resting face and vitriolic flashes of childish meanness. Between Trump's lies at the debate, Biden offered empathy and ideas | Francine Prose 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z The proper Jewish grandmother, with a mastery of both nuance and precision and no patience for meanness, idiocy or party politics. Column: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death should not eclipse Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z And I’m not even getting into the issue of bullying, which is horrific but, fortunately, is far less common than the run-of-the-mill, day-in-day-out drama and meanness and insecurity and exclusion typical of the age. How to Do Better for Your Middle School Student 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Within the books, there are sometimes examples of meanness and characters who dislike each other, but interactions are age-appropriate, and the stories emphasize why they’re wrong. What to watch with your kids: ‘Tenet,’ ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ and more 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Besides, I also need to stick around to join in the fight against another uncontained, spreading virus: the toxic strain of lying, fear, meanness and race-based hostility transmitted across America by the White House. Opinion | There is no vaccine for our deeper national sickness 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z First lady Melania Trump delivered a plea to mothers across America: Beware the meanness and manipulation of social media, and teach your children how to behave responsibly. Trump uses powers of government in service of reelection, with pardoning and naturalization ceremonies 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z He talked of “dark times” and “hardship and injustice” and “the meanness and the lies and crazy conspiracy theories.” From Obama, Plenty of Drama in a Rare Display at the Democratic Convention 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z “But the meanness is another. It may be his ploy to get votes and tap into the anger. But it’s not right.” In a battleground Pennsylvania county, convention boosts Democrats’ hopes for a Biden win 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z "Conservative women want to see empathy and compassion and don't like meanness," that GOP source argued. A "growing sense of doom": Republicans privately admit the polls look grim 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “What hurt more was just the sheer meanness of it,” he said. Lawsuit: US citizens with immigrant spouses should get help 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Third, his bravado, designed to conceal, only highlights his awareness of the deep political trouble he’s in because of his “corruption, carelessness, self-dealing, disinformation, ignorance and just plain meanness.” Opinion | Trump’s bad check 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z They were especially disgusted with his vulgarity, meanness and hostility toward people who don’t share his ethnicity. Opinion | Should we pray for President Trump? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z A few moments of anger between cheerleaders are resolved appropriately, and parents will be pleased that the stereotypical meanness of cheerleaders is refreshingly lacking here. What to watch with your kids: ‘The Last Full Measure,’ ‘Party of Five’ and more 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z And another Republican source, quoted anonymously, told The Hill that Trump isn't going to win over conservative women by expressing "meanness" or attacking a member of his coronavirus task force like Dr. Deborah Birx. A "growing sense of doom": Republicans privately admit the polls look grim 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Towards the end of their stint they stopped posting pictures and messages on social media, citing unkind responses they attributed to jealousy or meanness. Dream job? Hundreds apply to work on remote Irish island 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z One day, a reprimand might focus on Meghan’s relationship with her father, another on her tights, her friends, her “bump-boasting”, her extravagance, her ruthlessness, her unhappy staff, her christening photographs, her meanness to Kate. Now Harry and Meghan are going, time to look at the true royal horrors | Catherine Bennett 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Instead, Trumpism is best described as a type of "malignant reality," in which cruelty, immorality and meanness are weapons used to twist reality to suit the authoritarian leader’s will and vision. What if the president of the United States was mentally ill — and no one really cared? 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z “I don’t possess enough imagination to speculate exactly what forms of creative meanness this president will develop toward me or any fellow Democrat,” he told the AP. Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z “I don’t possess enough imagination to speculate exactly what forms of creative meanness this president will develop toward me or any fellow Democrat,” he told the AP. Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Many even who were still infuriated by his meanness couldn’t help acknowledging that at his best this prodigiously learned critic could choreograph the most breathtaking arrangements of perfectly poised sentences. Commentary: John Simon, Clive James and the future of criticism in our culture 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z The problem for supporters involuntarily exposed to such meanness is that Trump corrals all bystanders into his madness and makes them complicit. Opinion | What a shame that cruelty isn’t an impeachable offense 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The vision of Johnson’s Tory party is not really about Brexit – it is about renewing the status of “real” British voters via Brexit and its attendant cultural, social and economic meanness. We must learn to talk to leave voters without falling into the Clinton trap | Nesrine Malik 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z I’ve been married four times because I just wear ‘em out. It’s not meanness or anything, it’s just like, “Stop.” For 'Love Actually Live' star Rex Smith, Billy Mack is Iggy Pop meets Jayne Mansfield 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The Utes’ loss in Los Angeles on Sept. 20 seemed to send them to the brink, yet since then, they have treated the offenses they’ve encountered to an unusual meanness. Oregon, Utah give Pac-12 elusive hope for College Football Playoff relevance 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Sure, we get all the gags about how we’d see health care and climate change get fixed if it weren't for all the petty meanness on both sides. The elite consensus on impeachment: We're deeply sad and wish it would go away 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The kind of stuff people used to keep hidden, the finger-pointing and nasty comments and meanness and outright cruelty, all of it right out there where everybody can see it, everybody can hear it. Donald Trump: Full up to the eyeballs with hate. He won on that once, and hopes to do it again 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z There is something niggardly and petty about the meanness, something entirely consonant with the values — if we may use that word — of an administration that argued against providing its captives toothpaste and soap. Caged children and everyday evil 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z Looking for a new villain to account for the polarization and sheer meanness of our current politics? Opinion | Stop Calling Politics Our New Religion 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z “This seemed to us to be done out of sheer meanness,’’ said Carrick, the Democratic consultant. Think California's too big and influential? Wait until the presidential race heats up 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z I was thinking about ... how there was a lot of meanness in the world and in our government. 5 black female artists converge for the Marsai Martin star vehicle ‘Little’ 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z The movie looks ugly and feels uglier, without much sense of a larger intent to mitigate the meanness. Reviews: Big names lend brief support in ‘Crypto,’ plus ‘Billboard’ and more 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z U.S. policies have added unnecessary meanness to the innate hurt of the dividing line we share with Mexico. How to make a difficult situation awful 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z He was a giant, broad-chested and hunched like a big brown bear; his daddy, it was said, was on a chain gang in Alabama for murdering his mother, making Griff’s meanness a handed-down thing. “The Match” 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z “There was a lot of gratuitous meanness and sort of misguided decision-making.” Gawker Names Dan Peres as Editor in Chief, Hoping to Breathe Life Back Into Site 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z “I was thinking about the climate we live in and how there was a lot of meanness in the world and in our government,” she said. 5 black female artists converge for the Marsai Martin star vehicle ‘Little’ 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z But while his characters can be cruel, he never succumbs to meanness.” Indie Focus: The independent roots of ‘Captain Marvel’ 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z He provided muscle and meanness for the Red Wings’ “Production Line” of the 1950s. Red Wings great, NHL union pioneer Ted Lindsay dies at 93 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z It’s the little details regarding how Trump operates that stuck with me: the petty scams, the constant lying, insecurity, and meanness that Cohen described. Donald Trump Went to Vietnam, and Michael Cohen Made It Hell 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z It was another example of an ordinary street beef, in this case a traffic dispute, blowing up into gunshots, with an alleged culprit whose chaotic life speaks to the implacable meanness of poverty. It began as a D.C. fender bender and escalated into a shooting that wounded 5 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z In the wake of that November’s election, she said, many of her patrons were eager for efforts that offered a rebuke to the kind of bigotry and meanness they associated with the new president. When drag queens lead children’s story time, ‘a lot of hugs’ — and controversy — follow 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z He promised to "Make America Great Again" -- but did not say he meant great with hatred, great with meanness. Donald Trump: Racist liar, or just a liar who happens to be a racist? 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Cruelty, violence, and meanness are also a form of social glue for the American right. Heroes of the real working class: Trump’s “illegal” resort employees speak out 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z It’s pleasant to imagine an actual epidemic along those lines taking hold — compassion so fierce and unrelenting that it sweeps away whatever antibodies of bigotry, cruelty and meanness are lurking across the land. Opinion | This dire Thanksgiving, we still have marvels to be grateful for 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z A link between them is living in a nation ramped up on using speech filled with hostility, division, meanness and a lack of empathy or understanding toward differing thoughts and opinions. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z The idea sent him into a fetal huddle on the couch, his back turned to the hot afternoon sun that poured through the window to show up the cottage in its bachelor meanness. Fiction by Kevin Barry: “The Coast of Leitrim” 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps, he says, the world has finally realized that there’s no meanness in him. Baltimore museum’s John Waters exhibit is weird, as expected 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z "Without cooler heads in elected and appointed offices, our descent into rage, extremism and meanness will continue. Government by screeching bullies is not a political system any of us should desire." Conservative pundit warns Republicans will grow even “more belligerent” 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z “You see the meanness, the nastiness,” Mr. Trump said. Details of F.B.I.’s Kavanaugh Inquiry Show Its Restricted Range 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z “And they’re determined to take back power by any means necessary. You see the meanness, the nastiness. They don’t care who they hurt, who they have to run over to get power,” he said. Trump says FBI has ‘free rein’ in Kavanaugh investigation 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z “And they’re determined to take back power by any means necessary. You see the meanness, the nastiness. They don’t care who they hurt, who they have to run over to get power,” he said. Trump says FBI has ‘free rein’ in Kavanaugh investigation 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z He also accused Democrats of “throwing away every standard of decency” and using “meanness and nastiness” in their treatment of Kavanaugh. Trump professes love for Kim and hate for Kavanaugh torment in freewheeling speech 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z They see jeering and bad behavior, but they interpret it as a sign of immaturity, not meanness. Donald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh and “hostile sexism”: A concept that shapes our moment 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The president’s vanity, pettiness and meanness of spirit were evident already in his tweets and public statements. Opinion | What a baby 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z "But do you believe the anger and the meanness on the other side? Sick, it's sick!" During Trump rally in Montana, president blasts media & the deep state, then claims he’s not angry 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “Do you believe the anger and the meanness on the other side?” ‘I’m Winning,’ Trump Tells Montana Crowd as He Tries to Regain Control Amid Turmoil 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z “How do you heal and protect yourself and deal with the toxic meanness and also listen?” A TV show chronicling gentrification in Boyle Heights is protested as an example of, well, gentrification 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z She connected interpretations of her seriousness as “meanness” with the wider black struggle. Lauryn Hill confronts claims of 'stealing' music and mistreating musicians 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Miller’s Nephew-ness derives from his meanness: despite being five feet, 10 inches tall, he is a small man. Toward a taxonomy of men online 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z I remember reliving the events, rehashing the unfairness and the meanness. 3 tips to recover from a career disappointment | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z “I just think there’s so much meanness, it’s causing some level of, ‘What do I need this for?’ From Kellyanne Conway to Stephen Miller, Trump’s advisers face taunts from hecklers around D.C. 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z ‘I just think there’s so much meanness, it’s causing some level of, ‘What do I need this for?’ Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump’s confusion about Bush’s slogan illustrates his narrow view of the presidency 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z “Despite what might be interpreted as a meanness in today’s world, there’s an impulse to help. We all are our brother’s keepers,” he said. Behind the Bar, Mixing Drinks With Aid for a Faraway Home 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z They team up to defend the victims of neighborhood kids’ meanness. What to watch with your kids: ‘Uncle Drew,’ ‘Double Dare’ and more 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z What’s essential is resisting amendments that would try to match the House’s meanness. Opinion | Don’t forget Trump’s cruelty is routine 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z The venom and meanness on social media bother him. From ‘Sling Blade’ to ‘Goliath’: Billy Bob Thornton finds his peace 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Your meanness is staggering and will earn you a ticket to a sad, lonely and sorry life. ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after its star, Roseanne Barr, went on a vitriolic and racist Twitter rant 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z She used to believe the right thing to do about “all of the meanness” was simply ignore it, she reflects. Chelsea Clinton: ‘I’ve had vitriol flung at me for as long as I can remember’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z He says he is disappointed by Trump’s continued meanness and what he sees as widespread corruption in the administration. Five Americans explain the burst of enthusiasm for Democratic candidates and causes 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z He's loving his fame but is mostly full of greed and meanness. Mark Zuckerberg Meets With Top Lawmakers Before Hearings 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z McCall Smith clearly has issues with political correctness, and he beats that horse to death while revealing a meanness of spirit, directed at feminists, which may surprise his listeners. With days like these, take time to listen and laugh 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z In the eyes of those involved, the end justified the meanness. World Cup stunning moments: West Germany 1-0 Austria in 1982 | Rob Smyth 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z As with any creature spoiled into thinking too well of itself, this breeds a meanness of spirit. The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z And trust in our political systems is eroding: achieving desired political ends seems to justify any means, and any meanness. Our Coastlines Are Eroding, Along with Our Democratic Norms and Institutions 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z He showed us about being "people" with strengths, weaknesses, oddities, differences, kindness, unkindness, acceptance, meanness, wisdom and things that we all share, whether we like it or not. Opinion | Guess Who’s Coming to ‘Peanuts’ 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z The entire country is going to spank the Republicans next year for their opportunism and meanness. How New Yorkers Would Lose Under the Republican Tax Bill 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The whole pantomime villain persona is definitely an act - but it's done with humour and wit, rather than genuine meanness. What it's like to be a Weakest Link contestant 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z His meanness is endless in the same measure that Barack Obama’s optimism and grace were boundless. Opinion | Trump, Chieftain of Spite 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z It is very easy to become fatigued and exhausted by Donald Trump’s behavior and the seemingly endless deluge of personal malfeasance, scandals, greed, meanness, lies and bigotry that emanate from his administration. Under the child-king Trump, America is a runaway train and derailment is imminent 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z My neighborhood is a balm against the brawling meanness President Trump unleashed. Opinion | In Shepherd Park, we’re working toward a racially diverse Eden 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z “Behind the meanness of politics, there are some beating hearts and caring people,” Mr. Durbin said. Eerie Parallels Between John McCain and Edward Kennedy 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Our heroine’s “faults” – her vanity, short-sightedness, peremptory behaviour – are flattering faults; commonplace and essentially trivial, not like traits of meanness, malice, duplicity. Which is the greatest Jane Austen novel? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Still, it gives people just enough time to consider the audacity of meanness behind what Republicans are trying to do. Senate GOP’s tax cut is a killer 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z If we fostered more self-criticism and self-skepticism, I think that would do much to prevent rhetorical meanness and mean spiritedness on the internet, of which Hitler comparisons are only a tiny part. Should You Call Someone Hitler? Here's What the Man Behind Godwin's Law Thinks 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z To be a great champion, Feinstein contends after observing top athletes and competitors in all different sports for three decades, requires a “little bit of meanness in you.” John Feinstein asks if today's rising tour stars have enough 'meanness' to be great champions - Golf Digest 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Minor tweaks, he added, “cannot change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation.” Eager for branding credit, Trump undercuts the GOP on health care 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z In an interview with Fox & Friends that aired on Sunday, he accused Barack Obama of copying his characterization of the House bill when the former president described the “fundamental meanness” of the Senate plan. Bernie Sanders rallies opposition to Republican healthcare reform plan 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Barack Obama attacked “the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation”. Tracking Trump: Sean Spicer emerges from the bushes as rumors swirl 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z “Small tweaks over the course of the next couple of weeks, under the guise of making these bills easier to stomach, cannot change the fundamental meanness at the core of this legislation.” Obama attacks Republican health bill as 'massive transfer of wealth' to the rich 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z This isn’t to excuse Carter’s callousness or, frankly, her meanness toward a sad friend, whose suicide note to her revealed a sensitive, kind and loving person. Opinion | Can words kill people? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Another 26,212 people who’d made it past the slings and arrows, the meanness and innocence, the temptations and tempests of childhood. Perspective | I learned how to be a father when I lost my son at the mall 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z As a businessman, he distinguished himself as a disreputable con; he was spurned by the New York business community less for his cartoonish flamboyance than for his essential dishonesty, his meanness of character. Is the Comey Memo the Beginning of the End for Trump? 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Transnational gangs such as MS-13 are “equivalent in their meanness to al-Qaeda.” Trump invigorates, enchants crowd during rally in Harrisburg, Pa. 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z President Trump rose to power on a combination of meanness, incoherence and falsehoods. Opinion | Trump’s weather-vane presidency gyrates wildly with the winds 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Let’s call the Education Department’s refusal to clarify the matter exactly what it is: meanness. Panicked Borrowers, and the Education Department’s Unsettling Silence 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z For instance, despite the dumpster fire technique, there was a certain truthiness to the sallow side-eye meanness of Vladimir Putin that no Kremlin portraitist could ever replicate. George W Bush's talent as a painter finds an ironic muse: the combat veteran 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z In the past two weeks, a Presidency of ideological meanness and unsurpassing incompetence has moved into another, more recognizable realm. Is the Comey Memo the Beginning of the End for Trump? 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Hectic times don’t excuse meanness; they also don’t justify doing nothing about a problem. Exhausted mom needs sleep before marriage crumbles 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z I resented her demands, her petulance and occasional meanness. Perspective | My mother and the millions of counted-out black people like her are the true heroes of Black History Month 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Of course, if – meanness alert! – today’s supergroup did indeed want some more famous people, it might have made sense to ask for guidance from someone with experience in that field. ‘It’s important not to be like Bono’ - the indie stars banding together for refugees 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z “As a mother, this breaks my heart. I cannot imagine the immaturity and meanness necessary to drag someone’s child into an adult dislike of a political leader,” she said. Barron Trump mockers apologize after social media blowback 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Somehow these three survived the malice, meanness and pervasive oppression of everyday life to carry on successful lives with dignity intact. Hidden figures: What Trump’s AG pick Jeff Sessions wants to keep in the shadows 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z “One of my few regrets is my inability to reduce the polarization and meanness in our politics,” Obama said. How People Feel About Obama’s Legacy Varies Greatly By Party Affiliation: Survey 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z For his part, Bush often mused about Dole’s “meanness” and class resentments in his private diary. George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole Unite for Pearl Harbor at 75 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Rivers’s uneven feminism — and frequently jaw-dropping meanness — is also revealed in her antithetical relationship to beauty. Joan Rivers: Feminist icon? 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z And as opposed to astounding words of virulence and meanness in this political campaign, we can count on you, Jake, to give us the sports platitudes we need these days. Take 2: Jake Browning, UW football provide welcome break after emotional election week 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z He says it is “theological malpractice to put Jesus on the side of wealth and power and hate and meanness.” From a pulpit in battleground N.C., a civil rights warrior thunders a call to arms 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z The focus of James‘ attention is clear from the opening track “Hide In Plain Sight,” companionship and camaraderie acting as small-scale but effective balms to the meanness in this world. Review: Love helps Jim James survive on ‘Eternally Even’ 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Such meanness mars what is otherwise a sharply observed sitcom. 'American Housewife' finds comedy in the new normal 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z Of Donald Trump, Mr. Dionne wrote: “He is manifestly dangerous to our country and erratic in everything except his unrestrained meanness.” A candidate who is unfit in many ways 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Clinton says Trump has taken body shaming to a “new level of ..meanness.” Vice-presidential debate: Mike Pence and Tim Kaine to face off – live 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Democrat Hillary Clinton slammed Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday for making disparaging comments about women's physical appearance, accusing Trump of taking the issue of female body image "to a new level of difficulty and meanness." Clinton hits Trump over comments on women ahead of vice presidential debate 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z And this man, whose meanness and petulance and childlike inadequacies have been on display for more than a year now, may become president next month. The possibility of President Trump 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “What fascinates me is the meanness of our critics. We’re not doing anything wrong, just holding a few musical events,” said Victoria GeVoian. A rock fest has Joshua Tree up in arms 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z “What fascinates me is the meanness of our critics. We’re not doing anything wrong, just holding a few musical events.” The battle over a rock fest that Joshua Tree locals say will rattle wildlife and the desert town's chill vibe 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z For example, bullying or meanness was associated with a 3.5 times higher risk, while unwanted contact was linked with a 2.5 times higher risk. Facebook Bullying Can Cause Depression 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Hunter says the worst part of the affair’s fallout was being subjected to “meanness.” John Edwards' former mistress says she'll always love him 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z This meanness was not due to penury: China boasts more dollar billionaires today than does America. The emperor’s gift 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z At its worst, it led to gratuitous meanness and a bad lack of self-awareness. Gawker Was a Great Place to Become a Journalist 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z You’re taught by the organisation that once you leave you will become corrupted by the outside world and inevitably descend into selfishness, meanness and false happiness. A moment that changed me: quitting the Jehovah’s Witnesses | Anonymous 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Trump, on the other hand, seems only to bring out the meanness, pettiness, anger, and ignorance in his followers, without any leavening of goodness at all. Donald Trump, American Preacher 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z What happened to it was, he says, "one of the most torrid pages of meanness and spitefulness to be found in the annals of Welsh history". #towerlives: Rise of towers and fall of Tiger Bay - BBC News 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z There is an intimate relationship between the assault on the imagination in the Democratic primary and the ugliness of Trump rallies and the meanness of the Republican primary. The Democrats’ Attack on Imagination Is Hurting Us All 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It not only reflects meanness but a childishness that is anything but presidential. The Cruz Standard 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z "I talked to them a little bit about the chippiness and the meanness. I can only lead them so far," he said. Lakers keep putting the 'L' in L.A., losing their 10th in a row to tie franchise record 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z "There is an entrepreneurial spirit at work here: not the theatrical meanness and one-upmanship of Gordon Gekko, but a desire to create something better for us all." Labour's McDonnell considers giving workers right to buy firms - BBC News 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z "When you see hard-core gigs, where you have meanness and confrontation, I think that's an expression of love as well," Beth says by way of explanation. Savages talk about love on the London band's terms as 'Adore Life' set to land 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Bruised bananas languished on desks, suggesting a certain meanness amid the plenty. Damian Lewis’s Transformations 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z Bush, at least, called out some of the meanness where Trump is concerned. The GOP candidates’ appalling hypocrisy on Christianity, refugees and war 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z They worry about their perceived power, their meanness and negativism, their attacks on institutions and people, their intrusiveness and callousness, their arrogance and bias. Heroes or Scoundrels: Pop Culture, Journalists and the 2016 Campaign 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Two days before Thanksgiving, he made many people feel nostalgic for the merely obnoxious Trump when he mocked a reporter with a physical disability, displaying a level of cruelty and meanness heretofore only suspected. The nastier Trump gets, the more some people like him 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the advent of social media can take the stakes of high school meanness to new scales of humiliation. “The children are having sex!”: The sexting scandal in Colorado that highlights America’s dangerous sex-ed shortcomings 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z Trump’s attack not only was gratuitous but also reeked of pure meanness. In Iowa, Trump begins his meltdown 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady’s hair is hacked off like a zealot monk’s, and he is thin to the point of meanness. DeflateGate got Tom Brady mad, and the rest of the NFL is paying the price 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z A: I thought that power and that voracity and that meanness and the shamelessness of it - there are female journalists to this day who display similar sort of spirit. A Minute With: Helen Mirren on Hedda Hopper, Hollywood, and women 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Gradually, though, she began to miss her children, and to feel ground down by the drudgery of the work and the meanness of her employers. Raped, pregnant and afraid of being jailed - BBC News 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z His sometimes prosecutorial style, effective in the House of Commons, can give his speeches a whiff of meanness, adding to his unwanted nickname, Angry Tom. After Strong Start in Canada Campaign, New Democrats Appear to Fade 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Weeper’s meanness eases as he learns to accept himself. Booker winner Marlon James: ‘I was the nerd, I wasn’t into sports, assumed gay’ 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Instead of meeting a happy workforce, they instead find misery, managerial meanness and bizarre levels of micro-regulation. Viewpoint: Are Amazon's feedback tactics unusual? - BBC News 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Attaching banality or meanness to every element of our culture is unfair, but defining southern pride is an endless navigation. A view from the south: let the confederate flag go | Barbara Kingsolver 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z One, the severity of his lack of judgment; and two, how the overriding, distinctive feature of his approach is one of thoroughgoing meanness. Paul LePage is facing impeachment: Why the Tea Party hero’s luck may have finally run out 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z “There’s no meanness in the whole thing. It’s competitive, but they all cheer one another on.” David Byrne: flying the flag for colour guard 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z But the problem of public shaming goes beyond meanness. The Modern Day Scarlet Letter 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z “Politics is rough enough around here these days but we should not add to the meanness by holding innocent bystanders as hostages.” Lawmakers to LePage: Stop holding bonds ‘hostage’ 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Everybody loves it, nobody would trade it, and the meanness probably even helps fuel it. Outside the shining moment spotlight lies a cold, haunting, enduring darkness of March 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Why is there now such “meanness and vulgarity” in sport and culture? The Real Reasons So Many People in Rich Countries Need State Handouts 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z Thompson responded with theatrical abuse that sometimes crossed over into real meanness. Ralph Steadman on Charlie Hebdo, the Right to Offend and Changing the World And it nicely removes any kind of meanness from the joke, since Farhad himself is the butt of it. Updog finally launches 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z "Parents should firmly stop children's war play or any other kind of play that degenerates into deliberate cruelty or meanness," he wrote. The troubled legacy of the toy gun 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z So March and early April specialize in lasting meanness. Outside the shining moment spotlight lies a cold, haunting, enduring darkness of March 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z How they’d succumbed to drink and drugs, disloyalty and meanness before the Lord pulled them through. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z "There's also an element of social media meanness in what is happening that drives this bullying of celebrities." she adds. The dress that shocked Arabs 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z We are truly dropping to the floor of the septic tank of spirit-shriveling meanness. G.O.P. Faces Tougher Job Finding Democrats to Repeal Health Law 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The message is: “With a heavy heart, I accept that pandering to public meanness is the price I must pay for power.” Foreigners taking all the best housing? Sounds familiar 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Behind the scenes, Weller writes, she was less beloved: “Katie was changing — she was now developing a reputation for twisting her snarkiness into meanness.” Review: ‘The News Sorority,’ on Sawyer, Couric and Amanpour, by Sheila Weller Some of the ill will was generated by the usual autochthonous meanness—especially over the immigrants’ equal right to public housing. The trials of life in Tilbury 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Our challenge is to build workplace cultures where the meanness is held in check. 4 Valuable Lessons That Mean People Inflict Upon Us 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z If true, it shows utter stupidity and meanness. Lewis Einstein, Diplomat and Man of Letters 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z "It shows you the meanness of this guy and the hypocrisy that is just all over this man," Fields told reporters after Sterling's testimony. In Clippers court case, octogenarian lawyer relishes the ruckus 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z The trend to meanness was worst in plush suburbs where everyone had a high income, and never laid eyes on a poor person. The age of entitlement: how wealth breeds narcissism 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Researchers asked participants in an online survey to view and rate headshots on personality characteristics, including attractiveness, competence, creativity, cunning, extraversion, meanness, trustworthiness, and intelligence. Your Online Photo Is A Liar 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z You don’t have to look too far to find instances of meanness, pettiness, vindictiveness. Excerpts of editorials from Illinois newspapers 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z “There’s not the same viciousness or meanness that there was.” He remade H Street and Logan Circle. Now D.C. developer takes on a country town. Such conduct was inexcusable; it showed a premeditated meanness. America's Losing Battle Against Poor Governance And The Whac-A-Mole Regulatory State 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z And by many measures, including injustice, insatiable greed, and ecological destruction, madness, like meanness, is central to our society, not simply at its edges. The secret to fighting male fury: Why #YesAllWomen is so important 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z "Walking dynamite," of her performance, while the Associated Press noted she played the role "with gleeful meanness and a perfect touch of insecurity". Radcliffe play wows Broadway critics 2014-04-21T10:23:47Z Probably none of us gets through a day without observing, suffering or committing meanness in some way. Excerpts of editorials from Illinois newspapers 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Social networking sites have made cruelty and meanness public. Bits Blog: Experts Offer Their Guidance for Dealing With Online Bullying 2014-03-25T11:28:38Z Our government is Scrooge, its meanness seen by millions as necessary, wise, virtuous. Bad SantaCon: A drunken holiday fest 2013-12-17T00:06:51Z But austerity and meanness still have their place. Dish Network, the Meanest Company in America 2013-01-02T19:40:08Z Why are we OK with such meanness toward someone who appears to be a good person and someone who maybe many of us would respect? Leave Miss Utah alone 2013-06-18T15:15:00Z And so their griefing of other players is not necessarily done out of meanness, but more out of a sense of exploration, a way of finding their footing in an uncertain new universe. Press Start: Prey 2 back on? GTA V map assembled? And more 2013-06-03T07:30:09Z I have seen a lot of meanness in the past two decades, but this stops me in my tracks. FBI: Miss. Man Arrested in Ricin-Laced Letters Case 2013-04-27T21:35:26Z The growing indifference of Matt Lauer, her co-host, had hurt the most, but there was also just a general meanness on set. Who Can Save the ‘Today’ Show? 2013-04-18T09:00:41Z Other shareholders might grumble at the supposed meanness of the $13.65-a-share terms but a 25% premium to the old share price didn't look outrageously cheap. Michael Dell still holds strongest cards in battle against Blackstone and Icahn 2013-03-25T19:19:54Z If England are to win in Cardiff, they will need to recapture their defensive meanness. Six Nations 2013: Five things we learned from England v France 2013-02-24T17:24:02Z Q. My husband of 24 years was diagnosed with early onset last summer, but has shown personality changes for several years, primarily meanness and hostility. Ask an Expert: Ask and Expert About Alzheimer’s, Part 3 2012-11-21T17:21:55Z Scott, whose reputation was that of a player with great talent but not quite enough meanness -- hired the Angry Caddie. Where Was Williams As Scott Let The British Open Slip Away? 2012-07-31T04:00:00Z “Without any anger, and without any meanness, and without any fear, let’s ask one another in these critical months ahead and years ahead: how much less do we think would be good for our state?” As State Revenues Begin to Comeback, Maryland and Kansas Choose Different Paths 2012-07-10T15:44:42Z I left convinced that towns like my own were cesspits of intolerance and meanness behind a facade of folksiness. Is the ideal of small-town America a myth? 2012-07-05T20:46:49Z And despite the judges' meanness, no one could downplay the impact of Korbut. 50 stunning Olympic moments No47: Olga Korbut redefines gymnastics 2012-07-06T11:12:35Z "He was a tough, gutsy ballplayer, team-oriented with enough meanness in him to be feared and enough talent to be effective," former Raiders teammate Tom Flores said. Ben Davidson, former Husky and NFL star, dies at 72 2012-07-04T03:03:04Z “He was a tough, gutsy ballplayer, team-oriented with enough meanness in him to be feared and enough talent to be effective,” his former Raiders teammate Tom Flores said. Ben Davidson, Defensive End, Dies at 72 2012-07-04T02:03:20Z It is a doctrine of arid meanness and nationalistic jingoism, an appropriate editorial line for populist centre-right newspapers, but nonsensical for a state with real interests to protect and advance. Europe will thrive. But we could be doomed to a life on the fringes 2012-06-09T23:07:14Z Then there was a terrible quarrel—or rather he abused her meanness and selfishness with brutal violence, and she protested against his injustice and cruelty with all the strength that she possessed. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z To palliate their meanness, they invoked the most specious pretexts in vain. The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah 2012-04-25T02:01:04.030Z Although extremely rich, Heathcote’s meanness is referred to by Pope; and it was this trait that accounts largely for his unpopularity with the lower classes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Turning to the rich man, the mandarin addressed him in very stern language upon the meanness of his offence. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z Two of them, barely more than boys, had left the home nest in its meanness and degradation and hired out in town. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z Or, if one out of four will, for his own freedom, fight to keep the other three in slavery, he ought to be a slaver for his selfish meanness. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Another rather good story is told, showing the meanness of the priests. Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East 2012-04-18T02:00:15.997Z I am a woman, weak, and in your power; but I tell you now plainly, I despise you for your meanness. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z One day the priest charged with their religious instruction spoke of the faults of youth; Annouchka said aloud: "There are no greater faults than flattery and meanness." Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z Guthrie now saw that he was in the power of Ichabod—and at once, with the characteristic meanness and cowardice of a rascal, began to beg for life. The Frontiersmen 2012-04-10T02:00:18.933Z And he rode on his way,—on that strange mission of mercy, meanness, of honest sympathy, or mock philanthropy, as men's hearts and natures make of it,—and set out for the "Fisherman's Home." Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z They must be charged with meanness, and double dealing, and vile plots and schemes to compass their ends. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z His pride had no meanness in it; there was nothing little or mean about him. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z Can that man be worthy of any office, who can stoop to such criminal meanness? Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z She tried to get accustomed to his meanness, making all sorts of excuses for it, and sometimes she actually encouraged him in it, as one humours an invalid's petulance and selfishness. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z An American victory tarnished by such barbarity and meanness, would overwhelm the authors of it in eternal disgrace. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z I should despise myself had I been guilty of such meanness. Mabel, Vol. III (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-04T02:00:58.490Z This strange character presents another remarkable instance of inconsistency; of avarice and liberality, of cruelty and kindness, of meanness and integrity, of misanthropy and benevolence. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z The meanness of his soul—the pollution of his heart, and the iniquity of his conduct, exhibit outlines of character, which I hope can find a prototype in no being but himself. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z He owned and edited "The Aurora," a paper which in depth of malice and meanness exceeded the journal of Freneau. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Orthodox Protestants looked on him as a sort of infidel or pagan, despite his admiration for Queen Bess, because, with all his admiration, he exposed her meannesses and her falsehoods with unsparing hand. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z There cannot be a surer proof of a low origin or of an innate meanness of disposition, than to be always talking and thinking of being genteel. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Notwithstanding this excessive meanness, Mr. Elwes displayed many instances of generosity. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Humility may be held in veneration by the dwellers in a monastery or a convent, it favors the meanness and idleness of a monastic life. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z "Ruggles' grandeur" he wrote, "consists in the quickness of his apprehension, steadiness of his attention, the boldness and strength of his thoughts and his expressions, his strict honor, conscious superiority, contempt of meanness, etc." The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Here follows a curious anecdote of Braddock’s meanness and profligacy, which I omit. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Too great saving is meanness, too great expense is extravagance. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The penurious, parsimonious, and miserly save money by disgraceful selfÐdenial, and the niggardly by meanness in their dealing with others. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Well!" said he aloud, after a short pause during which I wondered--I could not see him--what he was doing, "the meanness of these rich folk is disgusting! The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z Well!" said he, aloud, after a short pause during which I wondered--I could not see him--what he was doing, "the meanness of these rich folk is disgusting! When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z To superiors, he will know how to show becoming respect, without descending to subserviency or meanness. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z A low or downcast state; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z His indolence is conquered; his meanness changed to the noble sense of a common manhood. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Hot-blooded and cool-headed, daring to rashness, astute to meanness, a professor and a profligate, merciful, affectionate, yet letting nothing intervene between him and his aims--who that is man shall judge him? When Love Calls 2012-03-22T02:00:36.883Z The palace is a union of splendor and meanness within. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z These Tartars, forgetting the meanness and obscurity of their origin, and taking advantage of Woo-san-kwei's introduction, have usurped dominion in China, where they have carried their villanies to the utmost. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z She had proved the meanness and lowness of her mind! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Our world to-day is a meanly conceived one—it is only an added meanness to conceal that fact. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z There seems, however, exaggeration in Walton’s statement as to the meanness of his dress; and Walton certainly misreads his character when he portrays him as a kind of ascetic mystic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Although meanness is generally the result of ignorance, it seems almost a fatality that so large a portion of Englishmen should have acted so wrongfully, and have been so forgetful of their national fair-play. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z She had read in his face his meanness, his falseness, his cowardice. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z I watched a while, at times cursing my own meanness; but the excitement of the moment and the quest tided me over that. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z He didn't like the place; he disapproved of it politically, socially, morally, but he resolved no taint of meanness should disfigure his sojourn in its luxurious halls. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Heavenly Father, we would begin the day with noble purpose; may we scorn all meanness, and lift up our heads unto the Lord as men who have a great expectation. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z American novelists may agree with Dostoievsky that "everything in the world always ends in meanness"; or with Doctor Pangloss that all is for the best in the best of possible worlds. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z “I saw useless suffering, cruelty, meanness, the suffering of children, of families.” French Surgeon, Jacques B?r?s, Recalls Slipping Into Syria Last Month 2012-03-12T15:49:10Z He frowned down meanness with the dignity of a judge sentencing a culprit, and his sarcasm was too keen to be often provoked. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z He takes a part in the affairs of men without aggression, greed or meanness. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z In spite of Jarvis' meanness to him, Rush felt certain that the lad possessed a good heart, and it was a strong, resourceful face that Steve found himself studying as the digging progressed. The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft 2012-03-11T03:00:13.327Z Down with the new realism—which only recalls to us the bitterness and meanness of our mediocre existence. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The whole presents to the eye a vast area of dreary meanness and monotony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z He was a Wilkes, without so large a measure of cowardice, meanness, turbulence, or rottenness of character and principle. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Munificence in the few, but meanness in the many, is, unfortunately, too much the rule among hunting men and women. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z Remember that meanness is not economy, any more than it is integrity. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Well!" said he, after a short pause during which I wondered--I could not see him--what he was doing, "the meanness of these rich folk is disgusting! Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z But I will tell you what it is,' I continued, looking round scornfully, and giving my anger vent, for such meanness disgusted me. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z No right-hearted man ever rose from the perusal of Dickens without feeling a deeper affection for human nature, a more cordial contempt for cant and hypocrisy, and a holier hatred of cruelty and meanness. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z In the first flush of their indignation, it seemed to them that nothing they could do to Mittie would be sufficient punishment for such an act of meanness. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z How often have I heard in the South the expression, "A mean Yankee;" as if, forsooth, meanness were sectional! Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z They take out all their meanness upon the department-store man who, because of his very position, is unable to strike back. The Romance of a Great Store 2012-02-20T03:00:21.577Z I think it was only in the Art Journal of September 1st, 1854, that any writer had the meanness to charge me with insincerity. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z It is the meanness of the revenge that horrifies me most in its atrocity. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z Were this true, were this a fact, the meanness of political life had reached its apogee! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Look at it how he would, he was clearly above such meanness. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z There it stands, as it has stood from generation to generation, and out from all this meanness and dirt it lifts its head towards heaven. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Working-men are surprisingly like the rest of us—especially in these little personal jealousies and meannesses. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z As to the town itself, it is a curious compound—almost Irish in that respect—of splendour and meanness. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z The wastes within the walls have every element of decay and meanness, the wastes without, where the desert sands sweep up to the very foot of the fortifications, have many elements of grandeur. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Whenever you start a new idea, as a rule, you have to appeal to all the meanness that is in conservatism. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal 2012-02-11T03:04:05.257Z Every such person is a certificate of the meanness of the community in which he resides. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 1 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:59.847Z Would you make a world where hypocrisy and cunning and fraud should represent God, and where meanness would suck the blood of honest credulity? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z |
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