Word: gross
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...former Hillel leader called the letterinsensitive and filed a formal complaint askinghim to resign. The Crimson editorial board blastedCounter's "gross insensitivity" in an usual fullpage response...
...imitating those approaches, Australians are only acknowledging the powerful pull of economic gravity. Most CD players, VCRS and electronic goods in use today are made in Asia. According to Sandhu, by the year 2000, Asia's gross national product is expected to match Europe's; this year Hong Kong's gnp per capita will pass New Zealand's. Nine out of the 10 fastest-growing economies last year, including South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand, were Asian. Taiwan now has foreign currency reserves equal to more than two-thirds of Australia's $145 billion foreign debt...
...first reason is that Counter's letter to The Crimson displays gross insensitivity which is unbecoming of the head of the Foundation. Counter's letters is insensitive because he implies that The Crimson is run by the Jews and that The Crimson has a pro-Jewish and thus an anti-Black agenda...
...Kreindler, the lead attorney for the victims' families, who are suing Pan Am for $7 billion, says he can prove that the suitcase from Malta was put aboard Flight 103. He charges that a gross security failure by Pan Am, which went bankrupt in January 1991 and later folded, contributed to the disaster...
Finally, The Crimson did not openly call for Counter's resignation or dismissal. We said: "Unless Counter retracts what seems to be gross insensitivity on racial and ethnic issues--and does it quickly--he should not be in charge of intercultural and race relations at Harvard...