Word: affronts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...believe that this search has not been an effort to restructure individuals out of their jobs. It is disturbing that Johnson might be removed from his post despite his extraordinary contributions to University-based public service, not only at Harvard but also nationwide. That this could happen is an affront to student and community autonomy over the program, which is the soul of PBHA. We fear that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is not properly supporting PBHA...
...facto secession of the wealthiest from public life. But from my vantage point, the most serious challenge facing the United States will be the fallout from the fact that tertiary education is being increasingly cordoned off for those who can afford it. This is a clear affront to democratic principles and a poor macroeconomic strategy...
...This gesture is not so much to affront Harvard as it is to show our support for a nationwide network fighting for ethnic studies," Ching said...
...from whom we have come to expect hard-nosed, objective reportage, free of the liberal bias plaguing the majority of his colleagues. In one stroke Lat betrayed his formerly clear-minded and salient perspective. If this is some kind of joke, it is a rude and tasteless affront to common decency and the last bastions of morality at the College. Lat should leave these sorts of "jokes" to his liberal colleagues...
...reality embedded in these uncomfortable and perverse themes, the film encountered a long journey of censorship difficulties with Canadian television. After garnering both widespread praise for its honest portrayal of corruption in the Catholic Church, as well as criticism from those who saw the film as an affront to the Church's authority, this powerfully chilling drama-documentary has landed at the Museum of Fine Arts. With recent talk of orphanages capturing the headlines, this brilliant film could not be more timely...