Word: affrontive
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...these developments mean tolerance is backfiring on the Dutch, they're not about to accept the alternative. Van Gogh's murder was such an affront to free speech that Cohen, the Amsterdam mayor who was once the butt of his anti-Semitic jokes, asked demonstrators to gather in Dam Square and make noise. Twenty thousand people came, screaming and banging pots, pans and drums in the damp autumn night. A progressive society isn't about to go down quietly...
...deviousness of the schemes this year ought to be an affront to all Americans. Employees of groups funded by both sides of the political spectrum in several states have come forward with reports of destroying or not turning in voter registration forms collected from voters of the opposite party. In Pennsylvania, a criminal investigation is underway to determine who is responsible for an ominous flier printed on official-looking stationary with a county letterhead, which was distributed at a Pittsburgh area shopping mall and mailed to untold numbers of residents. The flier explained that “due to immense...
...current Chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission. The doctor's SARS disclosures prompted the ouster of two of Jiang Zemin's protégés-former Health Minister Zhang Wenkang and ex-Beijing Mayor Meng Xuenong. The Tiananmen letter might also be perceived as a personal affront, given that Jiang Zemin came to power in 1989 in part because of his support for the crackdown. A government admission of wrongdoing, as the doctor urges, would be a blow to the ex-President's campaign to secure his legacy as a great leader. Indeed, because of the doctor...
There’s always meant to be another exam or extracurricular activity to demand our attention, and admitting that we regularly watch Survivor or The Sharon Osbourne Show shatters that illusion. It’s allegedly a disservice to ourselves for not working harder, as well an affront to all those other students who might—call a doctor—start to wonder whether they’re structuring their lives correctly...
...What’s troubling is that the groups that brought Mrs. Hiller were pretending as though refusing to serve in the Israeli Army was a brave appeal to humanitarian standards,” Trager said. “If anything, it’s an affront to the Israeli democracy and affront to the very humanitarian means through which it is fighting Palestinian terror in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...