Word: disrespected
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...Moroccan Chief AbdelKader indicated his disrespect for French authority by regaling his followers with nine camel-loads of human heads. Next he taught them how to fight in the desert by ambushing a French army, practically annihilating it. Nobody learned the lesson better than Sublieutenant Bazaine, who was wounded, promoted to lieutenant. Later Bazaine learned to assume his famous poker face as head of France's Bureau arabe (military intelligence) at Tlemcen, Algeria...
Gentile & Binge's success is soundly anchored to a cornerstone of American character: disrespect for pomposity. And the radio industry provides enough pomposity in a day to keep Gentile & Binge in satire for years. Superman occasionally turns up on the program with a heavy Bronx accent. Guest celebrities are interviewed and thrown out of the studio to the sound of a shirt ripping. Weakling children who eat "Tasty Bread" will not merely grow strong, they will begin juggling locomotives. A new electric iron is just the thing for straightening out crumpled car fenders, etc. Gentile & Binge repeatedly make advertising...
...Hour is raising the religious interest of the troops. They cite the fact that many men ask for baptism, confirmation, some talk about entering the ministry after the war. But by & large the men's attitude tends toward the cagey. Many of them preface their questions apologetically: "Without disrespect to the Church. . . ." Says the Ministry of Information, with bland British understatement: "There is extremely little real hostility to the Church. The commonest attitude might be accurately described as disappointment or impatience...
...published his picture wiggling the "V-for-Victory" sign. Finally it had to admit Editor Coghlan's part in the prank. This moved Governor Donnell into action. He ordered Editor Coghlan arrested for larceny. Righteously the Governor said: "This is outrageous . . . filled with a spirit of anarchy and disrespect for law. . . . The law is going to be enforced, the Post-Dispatch notwithstanding...
...invaders were very polite. "Our military regulations, sir, prescribe that we search for weapons before the commanding officer enters a room. We mean no disrespect, sir." They searched Dr. Winter. Then the captain took out his little black book and observed that there were firearms in the house. "You are thorough," said Dr. Winter. "Yes, our local man has been working here for some time." Said Dr. Winter: "I don't suppose you would tell who that man is?" Said the captain: "His work is all done now. I don't suppose there would be any harm...