Word: affrontive
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...this in his own mind." Hogan contended that Nixon was getting "bum advice" and was in danger of losing those on the committee "who are trying to keep an open mind on impeachment." The release of the Doar letter to St. Clair, protested Texas Democrat Jack Brooks, was "an affront to the comity between the White House and the Congress." But he urged his colleagues on the committee not to let "the White House hucksterism detract from the decency and forbearance of the committee. It is clear that the White House is not going to cooperate...
...support of a requested change of venue, Chapin's lawyer put a black psychiatrist on the stand to testify that the city's 71% black population has "widespread feelings of hostility and rage" toward the Nixon Administration. Judge Gerhard Gesell dismissed Chapin's petition as "an affront to the jury system." Another criminal expert, Stanford Law Professor John Kaplan, takes a somewhat different stance. The Watergate defendants might very well not "get as fair a trial as if they were black and Democratic. But so what? A fair trial means as fair a trial...
...enthusiastic pianist and frequently entertains his friends by playing duets with his wife Barbara, a former concert pianist. Schmitt has a Teutonic dedication to hard work, moves at constant flank speed and, according to a colleague, has a tendency to "take every red traffic light as a personal affront." Asked at a recent 70th-birthday dinner if he planned to retire, Schmitt did not hesitate: "Not in the conventional sense of the word," he answered. "There are two meanings of this word, and to me, retire means to put new tires on the old chassis and get going again...
...Arabs at universities across the country, America is a land where they are at best misunderstood and at worst harassed and insulted. More serious than any personal affront is the condescension to all things Arab that both students and scholars think infects American scholarship as well...
...Johnson impeachment serves stark warning of the danger to a President who mixes unpopularity with a combative affront to Congress. By the same token, however, the Johnson trial is also a reminder that an emotional political railroading is likely to offend enough Senators to prevent conviction. Unfortunately, the Johnson case's historical interest is not matched by much useful guidance on legal issues. So politically charged were the proceedings that authorities generally regard it as an abuse of the impeachment power...