We do not use the latter term invidiously, but merely to denote a pair of smooth, plump, highly – coloured cheeks of capacious dimensions, and a mouth rather remarkable for the fresh hue of the lips than for any marked or striking expression it presented. ❋ Unknown (2007)
We do not use the latter term invidiously, but merely to denote a pair of smooth, plump, highly-coloured cheeks of capacious dimensions, and a mouth rather remarkable for the fresh hue of the lips than for any marked or striking expression it presented. ❋ Charles Dickens (1841)
The American Bar Association's judicial codes states that it is inappropriate for judges to belong to groups that "invidiously" discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion or national origin. ❋ Unknown (2009)
WASHINGTON (CNN) - An all-women's club that counts Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor among its members does not "invidiously discriminate on the basis of sex," she told senators. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The conversation had been swung in that direction by Mrs. Morse, who had been invidiously singing the praises of Mr. Hapgood. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Republicans will be comparing Obama invidiously to Bush on the economy just as Democrats compared Bush invidiously to Clinton. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Students are normally assigned randomly to sections, but we gave students a choice as to whether they wanted in on this experiment or not; about 130 chose "in," and rather than invidiously have a small percentage not get their wishes in order to make all the sections the same size, the Deans in their infinite wisdom decided I'd just get to enjoy an extra-large group so that all 1Ls could have their first choice. ❋ Unknown (2009)
As damning as Christie, she compared it invidiously to Bonnie and Clyde and singled it out as an example of “safe” cinema. ❋ PETER BISKIND (2010)
One way to tell if you are using the somebody-nobody distinction invidiously (as a rationalization for rankist behavior) is to notice to whom you keep your promises. ❋ Unknown (2010)
But the eagerness with which journalists rushed to link him with the tea-party movement suggests that they are invidiously biased against dissenters from the current U.S. government. ❋ James Taranto (2010)
Cutting the public element in health care - Medicare, especially - in response to the health care cost problem is just a way of invidiously targeting the elderly who are covered by that program. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The strange new respect for the tea-party movement suggests that this approach is too invidiously partisan even for the mainstream media. ❋ James Taranto (2010)
That's one reason why Matt's argument that the law is being applied invidiously to Muslims falls flat: Nobody in an open society should go about with their faces covered, unless it's 40 below or there's a pressing medical reason. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In Iran, though, the minority is the progressive side, invidiously more successful, but self-aware of the discrepancy. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The fact is that market economics is a morally and pragmatically limited system for allocation of resources, and it always discriminates invidiously between the rich and the not-so-rich! ❋ Unknown (2009)
But despite all the Sturm und Drang, I have yet to see anyone really tackle the question of whether a legislature can ever behave so stupidly or invidiously, or corruptly that courts should intevene to protect even unenumerated rights. ❋ Unknown (2009)
It does seem to us, however, that at 17 Miss Bary is old enough to make up her own mind about her beliefs -- which makes CNN's description of her as "a Muslim teenager" inaccurate and perhaps invidiously so. ❋ Unknown (2009)
