Word: insultedly
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...Obama Administration is calling Israel out. "An insult," huffed David Axelrod after the Israeli government welcomed Vice President Joe Biden to the Holy Land by announcing plans to build 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem. The Israelis are sending "a deeply negative signal," Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a 43-minute phone call after Biden had left the country. Israel's ambassador to Washington was quoted calling it the biggest "crisis" between the U.S. and Israel in the past 30 years...
...Thai police tried to return the gems that weren't yet sold by Kriangkrai in an official visit to Saudi Arabia, hoping it would end the scandal. It didn't take long, however, for Saudi Arabia to claim that most of the returned goods were imitation baubles. To add insult to injury, the local press reported rumors of photos of the wives of bureaucrats wearing new diamond necklaces at a charity gala, ones that were awfully similar to the ones taken from the Saudi royalty. Needless to say, Saudi Arabia was not amused. In June 1990, the country would stop...
...insult to injury, Burke's brother Kevin F. Burke '10 referred to the defeated Northeastern team members as "the biggest dweebs I've met in my entire life...
...defense officials have thankfully set in motion a campaign to repeal the infamous “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, 16 years after its institution. While long overdue, the move to repeal this law—an insult to many Americans and an embarrassment to all—is both a welcome and a necessary step in the pursuit of civil equality...
TIME has got to be kidding in naming Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Person of the Year for 2009 [Dec. 28-Jan. 4]. In my opinion, the benchmark for this title must have been considerably lowered for this man to receive it. The choice of Bernanke is an insult to all the hardworking Americans across this great country who because of the routine miscalculations and failed leadership of this Federal Reserve chairman lost their home, financial investments, retirement account or steady employment through no fault of their own. James P. Dinger, RUTHER GLEN...