Word: insult
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...references to me in your story stand as a rather remarkable exhibition of abysmal ignorance, irresponsibility and a curious desire to insult. That the author would want to expose this lamentable combination of traits is quite sad. Eleanor C. Marshall Assistant to the Assistant Dean of the College...
That is an insult to almost everyone's intelligence. Whether Lance's actions are illegal is not the critical question. Common sense tells most of the nation that Lance's actions are so far from the norm as to be bizarre. Thus as Carter and his people have argued Lance's case, they have painted themselves to be either slightly dishonest or grossly uncomprehending. In either environment trust wilts...
...stated that the Federal Criminal Office agreed to "No 5." After the government released the kidnapers' letter, puzzled West Germans learned that the number referred to a specific demand of the terrorists. Item No. 5 was that the government publish the letter, which concluded with a cool insult: "We are assuming that Schmidt will make every effort to clarify his relationship with this fat magnate of the cream of national industry...
...booklet called "A Road to Proletarian Opposition-or to Rightist Surrender?" accuses Chairman Hua Kuo-feng and his "clique" of arresting Mao's widow Chiang Ch'ing and her "Gang of Four" in order to "grab power with great haste." The booklet also charges the new regime-insult of insults-with slandering the memory of the late Great Helmsman...
White and Hillerman are superb foils for each other, but a little insult humor, however dryly delivered, goes a long way. Phyllis, another MTM effort, failed precisely because Cloris Leachman's strident putdowns tuckered out the audience. The Betty White Show can avoid Phyllis' fate if its creators capitalize on the satirical possibilities of their TV industry setting. Betty White, not to mention her viewers, simply must have more room to breathe...