Word: affronted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Jackie did not vote in the 1964 election, and some of the Johnson people wondered then if it was a deliberate affront. Jackie's story is different. "People in my own family told me I should vote. I said, 'I'm not going to vote' ... You see, I'd never voted until I was married to Jack ... and I thought, 'I'm not going to vote for any [other person] because this vote would have been his.' They were all rather cross at me. Not cross, but they...
...about what might happen if the left won a majority of the popular vote but did not get at least half of the 491 Assembly seats. The result, former Premier Pierre Mendès France, a Socialist, warned last week, could be "chaos." Said he: "It would be an affront to the country to impose a government against the people's will." Barre's reply was blunt: "I don't understand Mendès France's argument. The same Frenchmen will vote in both rounds. There's an old saying in France...
...extraordinary scene. Standing before the TV cameras next to the beaming Foreign Minister of an allied nation, Florida Senator Richard Stone last week denounced U.S. State Department policy. In the case of almost any other country, it would have been considered an affront to the U.S.-but not if the minister is Moshe Dayan and the country is Israel. The incident illustrates the special problems the U.S. faces in trying to push Israel toward a more pliable attitude that is necessary to bring about a Middle East settlement. Just how much leverage does Washington have...
...will be directing our energy program is the father of eight children. The idea that none of them are permitted to "waste time" by mowing their own lawn is an affront to the rest of us who are wasting time in an attempt to conserve energy by walking to work, pushing lawnmowers and hanging laundry...
...finished sixth in the 1965 Masters, the position ever reached by a European pro. In 1972 while playing in the Double Diamond tournament, Sota became the first professional ever to be penalized for slow play in the history of British golf, which understandably was taken as a national affront by his fellow Spaniards...