Word: affronts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...aside the moral affront of an American President who denounces terrorism, then visits the capital of a terrorist state. Consider only the question of political logic: What did the U.S. get out of this trip...
...affront that someone in an academic position should have published a work of racism, even one cloaked in scholarly research. But it's also sad that a Harvard student would think that one race is genetically superior to others. And it is almost inconceivable that this student would be an elected leader of Black students on campus. Nonetheless, this is the situation with which we are confronted...
...extension of Lat's attack on "gay pride" which is the true affront to the celebrations of diversity which Philippine Forum, and I, defend...
What instructive lessons could be derived from this outrage, this tragedy, this affront to the button-down proprieties of the 1950s? Surely something was revealed here about American materialism. Or the cynicism of its media masters. Or perhaps the gullible neediness of the public, yearning to identify with a guy who somehow managed to be smart, cute and lucky at once, just the way we all want...
Working mothers took the ruling as a personal affront and besieged women's organizations with angry calls. But Ireland still has some legal maneuvers to pursue. Two days after winning custody of Maranda, Smith was arraigned on an assault charge against Ireland dating back to Christmas Eve 1992. Ireland claimed that Smith grabbed her shoulders, shook her and shoved her into a wall during an argument about visitation. Did Cashen take Smith's alleged domestic violence into his calculation of "family values"? When the issue came up in his court, Cashen said the charge was "not pertinent...