Word: insult
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dagger he slit his abdomen crosswise and then upward "in the classical way" and slashed his neck. Two letters were found by his corpse, one to "The People of the Japanese Empire," which was not published, but was understood to call upon the nation to rise and avenge the insult of the U. S. Immigration Act; one to "The American Ambassador and the American People...
...indignation caused by this insult, is impossible to overcome. If there is any ground for this affront, we should repent it and overcome the indignation, but when there is not the slightest cause for the offense given us, it is quite impossible to overcome our indignation even if we wished...
...Society for the Prevention of Calling Pullman, Car Porters 'George'." The inference is inevitable to a superstitious mind that the ghost of the great Father has risen in Danish wrath to object to the promiscuous use of his forename. A religious touch--which may smooth over the unmistakable insult to the present holders of the title--is added to the movement by the fact that Senator Moses has become one of its high priests...
...first snort came from Senator "Jim" Reed of Missouri. He proposed that the President's letter be expunged from the Senate record, because the Senate should have scorned to receive such a document. "It is an insult," cried...
...Chicago corporation offered to relieve students of the University of the "annoyance" of thesis writing. "Give us your subject and $10* and we'll do the rest," said the corporation in a circular. "We intend no insult, but believe our work will probably receive better recognition than your own." Professor Tufts and professors in law and liberal arts, learned with "alarm" of the offer, warned students to ignore...