Word: insultable
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...French press last week lashed out in a rage at the failure to add France to the three nations which held the secret-an insult to French science. More galling was the realization that inclusion in the group would have restored France to the front rank of the powers...
...show that there are honorable and anti-militaristic Japanese as well as the sort who took the nation over-and that there have been treacherous Americans. As notably, he develops serious intentions towards a Eurasian girl, coolly counters her it-can-never-be demurrers with: "That's an insult to the Irish...
...mumps. The already abnormal youth left his bed "if not totally neutralized, permanently depleted of sexual capacity." His skinny frame took on "the unhealthy fat of semi-eunuchism." It was no wonder that his vindictiveness became so "swift . . . shocking and poisonous," that his fellow reporters, used to less skillful insult, feared and avoided him. But Woollcott made his unpopularity a badge of honor, turned his brashhess into a ruthless faculty for "stepping through or over obstacles...
...newspapermen ever listen to the radio, instead of taking transcripts off the tape? Churchill's conclusion on May 8th was "Advance, Britannia! Long live the cause of freedom! God save the King." To print "Advance, Britain!" [TIME, May 14] is an insult to a great orator and an affront to every canon of rhythm...
...conciliatory frame of mind. A bad one will make him quarrelsome and disputatious. How men eat definitely influences their judgment as well as their digestion. Empires can be built or destroyed at the dinner table. Peace in our time can well depend upon whether we soothe or insult the gastronomic tastes of our guests...