" At its worst, Scheler says, " love for the small, the poor, the weak, and the oppressed is really disguised hatred, repressed envy, an impulse to detract, etc., directed against the opposite phenomena: wealth, strength, power, largesse.

At worst, abusing judicial discretion would actually pave the way to a biased decision, rendering obsolete the judicial process in question — rule of law being illicitly subordinated by rule of man under such discriminating circumstances.

At one of the very worst sites, around Sandakan in Borneo, only six of some 2, 500 prisoners survived.

At the same time he interacted with colleagues, fellow breadwinners who had satirical disposition towards even their worst troubles.

At the air base near Tapa, site of the worst damage, officials estimated that six square kilometers of land were covered by a layer of fuel ; 11 square kilometers of underground water were said to be contaminated.

At worst, if a woman became enamored of another woman, she became a tragic figure.

At its best, they most accurately reflect the past appropriate to the time period while at their worst they may portray gross inaccuracies in an attempt to portray a certain idealized image.

At that time, it was the worst disaster on a roller coaster since the Second World War.

* Operator: At worst, a remailer run by some infamous Secret Police Department.

At the worst, they have bent over backwards to convince themselves and their readers of the one hundred percent Hispanic content of their culture.

At worst, they had ceased to exist as fighting units.

At the time, it was also the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level in Canada.

At the end of the 2011 – 12 NBA season, the Hornets had the worst record in the West, 21 – 45.

At the very worst, though, he expects to find himself to be the unsuspecting murderer of a man unknown to him.

At the time, the Texas Sniper shootings were considered the worst example of mass murder in American history.

In the words of one reviewer: " At worst, the allegiance system is a multilevel marketing scheme, whereby greedy, uncaring Patrons enlist as many Vassals as possible in order to gain large amounts of bonus experience.

At its worst, the tornado was one half of one mile across.

At its worst, it was at least amusingly idiotic existential slapstick.

At the time, it was one of the worst mining accidents in the United States for several years and attracted national news coverage.

At the worst point of inflation, Tucholsky was forced to hold back on his work in publishing and take on work in economics.

At worst, esteem becomes narcisssism ... God's gift to the world can be hard to live with ".

At the time, all homosexual acts between men were illegal, and the clients faced social ostracism, prosecution, and at worst, two years ' imprisonment with hard labour.

At the height of the group's success, they also had a video game released by Digital Pictures entitled Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch: Make My Video, but the game was not a success and has been considered one of the worst video games ever made.

At worst there is a total loss of control and holding torque so the motor is easily overcome by the load and spins almost freely.

At the time of the raids and associated warrants, her then-husband Mark Marissen was visited at home by the RCMP.

At the urging of Hitler, Hindenburg responded the next day by issuing an emergency decree " for the Protection of the people and the State ," which stated: " Restrictions on personal liberty, on the right of free expression of opinion, including freedom of the press ; on the rights of assembly and association ; and violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches, orders for confiscations as well as restrictions on property, are also permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed " suspending key provisions of the German Weimar Constitution.

At the end of February 2005, Société Générale listed the first 40 turbo warrants on the Nordic Growth Market Nordic Derivatives Exchange.

At first Matilda could not believe her own eyes.

At once my ears were drowned by a flow of what I took to be Spanish, but -- the driver's white teeth flashing at me, the road wildly veering beyond his glistening hair, beyond his gesticulating bottle -- it could have been the purest Oxford English I was half hearing ; ;

At the same time, I am aware that my recoil could be interpreted by readers of the tea leaves at the bottom of my psyche as an incestuous sign, since theirs is a science of paradox: if one hates, they say it is because one loves ; ;

`` At least you could leave it for the movers '', Miss Ada said.

At the outset, the Government's spokesman explained that counsel for the Government and for Du Pont had already held preliminary discussions with a view to arriving at a relief plan that both sides could recommend to the court.

At least he could buy the equipment for his workshop.

At Yalta the West still believed that Eastern Europe could be kept in its orbit, in spite of the onrushing Soviet armies.

At Fort Ethan Allen the ever-present wind off Lake Champlain could readily flip a puny man-made thing like an airplane if the pilot miscalculated.

At least he could climb up on the fence when his tormenters roared by again.

At this moment, all he could think of was what he'd been forced to undergo.

At the rate of need indicated in the early weeks of the month, this could mean a shortage of as high as $17,000.

At the earlier `` pre-academic excellence '' stage of Catholic education, the operation could be conducted on an intra-mural community basis.

At best only an approximation could be arrived at.

At the end of the program, indeed, there was a demonstration that lasted for forty-five minutes, and nothing could stop it.

Those elegant `` At Home '' cards she sent out, now she could wear her pretty clothes again, and had the house all trimmed up, hadn't brought many callers in two whole months.

At least, we were together and we had Mrs. Hodges, bless her, to look after us -- no mother could be fonder of Gladdy than Mrs. Hodges was.

At first, Johnnie hadn't understood -- how could he, not being a religious person like me??

At first he could not be sure.

At last there was a void no one could fill.

`` At this stage of the game anything could be possible.

At the peak of its efficiency in the early 16th century, the Venetian Arsenal employed some 16, 000 people who apparently were able to produce nearly one ship each day, and could fit out, arm, and provision a newly-built galley with standardized parts on an assembly-line basis not seen again until the Industrial Revolution.

At this stage, it wasn't clear what atoms were although they could be described and classified by their properties ( in bulk ) in a periodic table.

At age 12 he was whiter than ivory, had hair lighter than gold, and could lift 10 bear skins at once.

At Sparta women competed in public exercise — so in Aristophanes ' Lysistrata the Athenian women admire the tanned, muscular bodies of their Spartan counterparts — and women could own property in their own right, as they could not at Athens.