Word: insult
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Worst Insult. Back at the table, Patterson told a visitor that he had no apologies to make for any of his actions during the weeks of crisis. The Kennedy Administration was to blame, particularly Bobby Kennedy. "He has no idea of conditions here," said Patterson. "God Almighty, what he's trying to do is provoke a civil war. They try and get you to admit you can't or won't guarantee law enforcement, and then they twist your words because the marshals are on the way anyway. That Bobby Kennedy is just treacherous, that...
...This is not a book This is libel, slander, defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty...what you will...
Gagarin's alleged space flight, as reported is so full of contradictions as to be unbelievable. Your naive acceptance of this Russian hoax as truth is an insult to the intelligence of every thinking American and does a grave injustice to those engaged in our own space program...
...worth hearing, some (but by no means all) of the costumes worth looking at, the play worth knowing. But that isn't enough; those who are curious are likely to find the Ajax a bore, and those who love the language may even think it something close to insult...
...final insult to Munch, his house was demolished last year because it was considered ugly, whereas Ibsen's study is preserved intact in Oslo's Folkmuseum, and Grieg's house, in Bergen, is a national shrine. The often-quoted ". . . A prophet is not without honor save in his own country"* has never been more appropriate...