Word: affront
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...tale, and Howard has a couple of jolting images: of Silas whacking a nun, and of the car crash that killed Sophie's parents and brother. He also manages an exemplarily creepy exchange between Tautou and Bettany, which for a moment raises the stakes to the level of personal affront. But these signs of violent life are rare. The flashbacks to the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages (shot in desaturated color) look both expensive and perfunctory - words that sum up the film...
...initially, but as the moment of silence dragged on past the two minute mark the crowd settled into an unpleasant funk. Luckily, the musical recovered from that blunder and finished with the same manic energy with which it began. “Maude and Harold” was an affront to decency, a celebration of obscenity, and an assault on the values and institutions that most people consider sacrosanct, and that’s precisely why it was so thoroughly enjoyable. Some plays slaughter sacred cows—“Maude and Harold” turned the stage into...
...anti-immigration. Rather, this is a legal question and question of extent: How should we change our laws, and how many immigrants should we let in each year? Few are opposed to immigration; many are opposed to uncontrolled immigration. Besides, to conflate illegal immigrants with immigrants is an egregious affront to America’s 50 million legal immigrants if ever there...
...level Argentine military officers who committed human rights abuses during the country’s “Dirty War.” Augusto Pinochet declared amnesty for all Chilean military officers prior to handing over power to a democratic government. Amnesty, we are told, is an affront to the legitimacy of our legal system...
...that represent the only remnants of autonomy we’ve been left with. After all, in addition to damaging the sense of community that many of us long for, the removal of the element of choice from such a hugely significant part of all our lives is an affront to our adulthood. Once we arrive here, we’re expected to make all sorts of decisions that will affect us for years to come. From courses to concentration choice to extracurriculars, jobs and internships, we are more or less left to our own devices?...