Word: insultedly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...musty Chaillot theater. In the process of gutting he building's ornate interior during renovations, Lang created huge cost overruns and caused a scandal. Recalls a colleague Utterly: "He turned a great theater into a garage." Then Minister of Culture Michel Guy fired Lang, who capitalized on the insult by joining the Socialist Party. In 1978, Mitterrand, who was still leader of the opposition, made him his cultural adviser...
Proponents of fundamentalist schools have forgotten one of the basic teachings of the Bible, which is that the Christian is to respect and obey the government. In taking an arrogant, self-righteous position, the supporters of Christian schools not only reproach the Bible, but insult those who work in the public schools. The public system does work, but it works better when we stay to build rather than when we desert to experiment...
...think it's an insult to this community for Reagan to come here when his policies have hurt Roxbury and its people so badly," said Julie Buchinski '84, one of the protesters...
Those kind of off-the-cuff remarks belie the President's contention that he is being unfairly chastised. They also constitute a direct insult to people who are forced to live without jobs, food, or hope. After all, Reagan put his hand on a Bible in 1981 and swore to do certain things. If the media now want to call attention to millions of citizens facing despair, starvation, or death by exposure, the President should listen. Rhetorical attempts at martyring himself will not change Reagan's well-deserved image. Nor will they bring the country out of the dire straights...
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...