Word: insult
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...saying this, it is [Israeli Defense Minister Ariel] Sharon. For four days he made statements threatening us. We are facing this arrogance of power, this unlimited American help to Israel. And, I am sorry to say, I have to remember that after this big insult from [Israeli Prime Minister Menachem] Begin to President Reagan [over U.S. objections to Israel's virtual annexation of the Golan Heights last December], it was Reagan who retreated...
...years--this concession is little more than a token gesture. And if one wishes to compare the deal offered to tenants with the mortgage arrangement offered to Faculty members--who can receive funding for Cambridge housing at an incredible 6 percent interest rate--Harvard's position seems almost an insult to any tenants with self-respect...
...food stamp and unemployment benefits, to reduce spending by $35 billion. Both measures were written in the White House; the reconciliation bill was done so hastily that Texas Democrat Jim Wright, the House Majority Leader, called it "the sloppiest piece of draftsmanship I've ever seen-a terrible insult to the Legislative Branch...
Calling Reagan's economic program "an insult to the middle class and working poor," John Oakes, former New York Times editorial page editor, said during the debate that the budget is "as unprincipled as it is brutal...
Susan is indignant when she discusses this form of weight control. "The people who do this think that they aren't being noticed, when in fact they're incredibly obvious," she says. "I take it as a direct personal insult that someone would spit their food out in front of me at a meal, as if they don't respect me enough to eat normally. At least laxative abuse and vomiting are things that you do in the privacy of a bathroom...