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It’s a tough assignment because most people don’t want to talk to a reporter either because they don’t have the time or they despise journalists.

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But if he was hated before, rest assured he will be more despised after tonight....

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“To this day I despise gardening,” said Stewart’s brother, Eric Scott.

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Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson — presidents I respectively revere and despise — furthered this conception of the president as an avatar of the national will.

But Belinda lives it, through the microaggressions from her department head–she exits the position after oft-delayed meetings–and through being forced to care for someone she comes to despise.

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

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