Word: affront
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...what several educators say is an unusual affront to academic freedom, a new law signed by President Bush in December requires all schools that receive federal funding to honor the anniversary of the Constitution’s adoption with a lesson on the nation’s founding document...
...year, Euro Disney finalized a $2 billion restructuring plan, which included new capital and loan concessions, to rescue the operation. Among the park's problems have been cultural faux pas that have turned off its European audience. When Euro Disney opened, for example, restaurants wouldn't serve wine, an affront even to the French soil it was built...
...threats. In one view, they were radicals seeking to undo the state. When that label did not adhere, they were vicious usurers, arms of the Rothschild octopus. The climate of xenophobia was intensified behind barracks doors , where a rising Jewish officer was considered an insult to history and an affront to destiny...
...years of that near papal certainty is more than any self-respecting intelligentsia can take. The overwhelmingly secular intellectuals are embarrassed that they once nodded in assent to Morrow-like certainty, an affront to their self-flattering pose as skeptics...
...ultimate affront to the Feds has yet to happen. Although any state can gracefully exit from No Child by simply declining federal funds, no state has done so. Three individual districts--in Illinois, Connecticut and Vermont--have opted out, but none had much money at stake. Evanston, Ill., considered doing so; then its board decided that would send the wrong signal to minority and special-ed kids. In other words, it's still politically incorrect to go against No Child. But that may change if the uprising continues...