Word: insult
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Both speakers alluded to a nuclear catastrophe as the inevitable result of continued "brutalization" in Central America. "Calling the world a jungle is an insult to the lions and tigers," Chomsky said...
...American President to lend legitimacy to the Marcos regime by paying it a state visit would be an insult to the dignity and values of the American and Filipino people. The notion that the use of the Philippine bases is dependent on the good will of President Marcos is as wrongheaded as the thought that it is in the American interest to support and strengthen his regime. American security is not enhanced thereby; injustice...
...poor fielder, poor runner, a .269 lifetime hitter, and right now he is batting only .213. Sure, they call him "Mr. October," and for two weeks out of a six-month season he gets hot. But Reggie's nickname has become more of an insult than an accolade...
...only about the '60s. Instead, it works from several assumptions about those times to create an impromptu dormitory of likable individuals who know each other well enough to can the sloganeering. Much more is expressed by the way people walk and sit, by the not-quite-facetious insult, by the silent, shared memory. This is a movie about getting through a weekend without being bored or driven to tears, about bull sessions that become psychodramas, about making do and making love and making breakfast the next morning. Like John Sayles' fine film Return of the Secaucus...
...French were not appeased. If the tone of Perkins' message was not bad enough, what he did with the letter only added insult to injury. After writing his lamentable lines in Paris, Perkins traveled across the Channel to mail them from London. The reason: he was afraid the French mail service would not be able to handle 300,000 letters at one time...