Word: insulted
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Bravely, he marched up to the proctor, cleared his throat, and said, "I am woefully underprepared for this exam. It will be an insult for me, you, and my professor for me to take this test. Please mark me down for an F, and I will not subject myself to this painful travesty...
Union leaflets also criticized HCHP for "lavish" spending on office parties and management vacations in the face of its call for employee "belt-tightening." The leaflets called HCHP's offer of a 2 percent pay boost "an insult...
This concern for evenhandedness has gotten the mayor into trouble in the past. Liberal supporters have criticized his often conservative stances--Los Angeles has a severe housing shortage and is undergoing rent takes, yet Bradley supported an expensive down-town tax abatement program for corporations and hotels. Insult was added to injury when Bradley moved into a mayoral mansion given to Los Angeles by the late J. Paul Getty. But more cautious observers note that Bradley has not let the liberals down, since he never gave his explicit loyalty to any ideology. His claim of running as "mayor...
...government for The Crimson, many were glad to have a person who was both competent and fair in reporting. Little did we know you were the type of person who would report on a chairmanship election with six losing candidates and then start off an editorial that blatantly added insult to their injury...
...start until all the ticket-holders arrive, the audience is ushered into a solitary room--shocked into submission. Captives in the basement, the cast monopolizes attention. At the end, we are numb--shaken from the intrusion into protective shells. And saying we enjoyed the performance would be an insult to the production, since its message only affirms the vulnerability of our affections...