Word: affront
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...governing body of the Church House alsoissued a statement, calling Bennett's performingthe Holy Communion "an affront to the Queen," whois the figurehead of the Church of England
...Mafia will be crushed," vows Rudolph Giuliani, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who has been leading the major anti-Mafia crusade and who takes personal affront at the damage done by the Mob to the image of his fellow law-abiding Italian Americans. Declares G. Robert Blakey, a Notre Dame Law School professor who drafted the 1970 RICO law now being used so effectively against organized crime: "It's the twilight of the Mob. It's not dark yet for them, but the sun is going down." Insists John L. Hogan, chief...
...telegram said, "The arrest and detention of our alumnus Nicholas Daniloff is an affront to the principles of journalistic freedom and the unfettered sharing of information by the nations of the world. Denying him legal assistance and isolating him from his family compound the injustice being done to Mr. Daniloff. I urge that he be released immediately...
That order never came for two reasons. First was the behavior of the party-goers. Enraged at this affront to themselves and the celebration of Harvard's 350th, a significant number of the prestigious guests lost their cool and tried to take control of the situation themselves. Many verbally harassed the blockaders and others tried to make their way bodily into the building...
...what to do with the Sandinistas is discussed, Time magazine reports, "the normally amiable and relaxed President sits up straight in his chair; his eyes flash, his lips tighten and his hands ball up into fists." Like Wilson, Reagan views the presence of such a regime as a personal affront and has taken it upon himself to see it removed...