Word: affronts
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...mere suggestion is probably an affront to professorial dignity; the grumblings about the "pressure of work" can almost be recognized now. Yet a few lectures a year are not going to break their backs, even if they assume the camel's form. English A suffers more from neglect than anything else. If English A is to be recognized for what it is, the most important course in college, if it is to accomplish what it sets out to do, make competent writers, it must be served by the moguls of the Department...
...Hamilton tried to make the Spanish revolution an issue of the campaign by reviving his Dubinsky challenge. He issued a resounding "reply" to Nominee Roosevelt's Syracuse speech in which he plumped solidly for the Spanish Fascists by crying: "How long, Mr. Roosevelt, do you intend to affront the voters of America by retaining as one of your Presidential electors ... a man who rendered financial aid to Communists in Spain so that they might continue to horrify the civilized world with their murders of clergymen and their pillaging of churches...
Montague bodyguards take affront at the gestures of Capulet bodyguards...
...came it was to the advantage of the United States to stand aloof, and in this way to reap enormous profits from the sale of materials to the belligerents. Because of this traffic Germany instituted its submarine campaign which so seriously hindered American commerce that it was considered an affront to our neutrality. The viewpoint of that day is illustrated by Wilson's proposal to Congress. He recommended that a law be passed to enable all ships in the American Merchant Marine to mount guns and carry appropriate gun crews. America's neutrality was something which must be maintained...
...Christian Coptic Church, stood with his large right foot prominently planted on the base of the Emperor's Throne. Grouped around His Majesty were potent chiefs, headed by Ras Moulougueta, Minister of War. Pointedly absent was the Italian Minister. Said native courtiers with arched eyebrows: "Such an affront is much more grave in Ethiopia, where we attach such great importance to etiquette...