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...under the conditions that had developed, with our relations falling to pieces, we couldn't possibly offer our hospitality to someone who had already, so to speak, made a mess at his host's table. To receive Eisenhower without first hearing him apologize would be an intolerable insult to the leadership of our country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: The U-2 Affair: A Foot in A Quagmire | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...disappointed to read the gross manhandling of the truth in one part of the Crimson story, "Strikers from '69: Five Years Later" (April 19, 1974). My former Social Studies tutee, Mark Dyen, is quoted telling a tale that is simply not true. In addition it is a gratutitous insult against several police officers who were acting quite responsible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROPHECY FULFILLED | 5/7/1974 | See Source »

...lemon, drop it into a glass of tea, then squeeze a few drops out with a spoon. I don't think this appliance of yours is an improvement in any way. In fact, you can squeeze a lemon faster by hand. This kind of nonsense is an insult to our intelligence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: Questions in a Kitchen | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...insult to injury, Thomas took advantage of his free pass to the bases and stole second. But while the throw was going to second, Ed Durso was running for home and the delayed steal added a sixth run to the Harvard score...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Chilled Crimson Batmen Put Huskies on Ice, 6-2 | 4/25/1974 | See Source »

...MIDDLE EAST. The Soviets are unmistakably furious at Kissinger's successful solo diplomacy in arranging the disengagement between Israel and Egypt. They are angry not only because of the resulting loss of Soviet face and increase in U.S. prestige, but also because of what they consider a calculated insult by Kissinger. When he and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko were traveling in the Middle East in February, they complained, Kissinger avoided meeting with him. The State Department counters that before he left Washington, Kissinger agreed to meet Gromyko, but never received a reply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: A Yellow Light on the Road to D | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

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