contempt
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Appeared in the January 22, 2026, print edition as 'The Clintons, Contempt and Jeffrey Epstein'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Bardot starred in nearly 50 films including And God Created Woman and Contempt, setting fashion trends with her tousled blonde hair and bold eyeliner, before becoming the model for Marianne, the personified symbol of France.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
Playing a jilted wife whose disdain for her husband swells as the film progresses, "Contempt" was one of Bardot's rare critically acclaimed films, with The New York Times praising it as her best acting performance.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
Contempt proceedings are of two kinds: civil and criminal.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025
Contempt from Rome To outsiders—especially Romans—it seemed likely that Cleopatra manipulated Mark Antony in order to keep him under her closely supervised control.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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