Word: insultate
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...determines how well a job is done. Alefan, the sheik in Fallujah, wouldn't disagree. He doesn't want more U.S. troops, just better behavior. If Americans want to maintain security, they just need to understand a few simple things, he says: "Don't search our women, don't insult us, hire an interpreter, show us respect. If they do all that, one humvee will be enough...
...tough labor market of today, have had to settle for new ones at less pay. Still others--including employees at such giants as AT&T, Boise Cascade and Starwood Hotels--have had to accept pay freezes that, when rising prices are factored in, amount to reduced compensation. To add insult to injury, companies everywhere are reducing bonuses and overtime and eroding health and pension benefits...
...asking, Why? "As horrifying as Saddam's regime was," commented a New Yorker, "this war was not the heroic struggle that was engaged in to defeat Hitler in World War II." A Tokyo reader agreed, saying, "To equate the fall of Saddam with that of Hitler is an insult to the millions slaughtered by the Nazis." But one Canadian put it in vivid sports terms: "Comparing Hussein with Hitler is like comparing a minor-league hockey player with the all-time great Wayne Gretzky...
...Adding insult to injury, the White House appoints an "administrator" who isn't always attuned to local sensitivities...
...actuality, Romney’s budget proposed deep cuts in popular services such as the public university system and included raising “fees” (which is Romney-speak for “taxes”). To add insult to injury, Romney proposed cuts in local aid that are so severe, localities will be forced to raise taxes in order to keep their schools open and their roads paved. Romney voters who were led to believe their taxes and services would remain the same are now out of luck...