Word: insulter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Enraged at this disrespectful treatment, His Majesty recalled his Minister, ordered the Iranian Legation in Washington and the Iranian Consulates in Manhattan and Chicago permanently closed (TIME, April 13 et ante). Last week the King of Kings was furious over "another French insult." Month ago L'Europe Nouvelle criticized the economic condition of Iran. The King of Kings demanded an apology, received one. A French columnist last week reopened the wound by rehearsing the incident under the punning headline // n'y avait pas la de quoi fouetter un Shah. This was a parody of the French phrase "There...
This week still another insult was forthcoming. In the Geneva council chambers of the League of Nations...
...Lousy Insult...
...front cover page of your issue of Jan. 4 is a lousy insult to every faithful wife and mother...
...earth should not the King marry an American if he wants?" roars Colonel Wedgwood. "This crisis to my mind is an insult to the United States! What is it that makes an American inferior to a German?"-i. e., the Prince Consort Albert or Queen Mary, whose girlhood title was Princess of Teck in Germany, though Her Majesty was born in England. "Personally I believe the Cabinet is wrong about the Dominions," continues Colonel Wedgwood, "I believe the Dominions are behind the King, just as are the mass of people in this country!" Says beefy Lord Castlerosse, the inseparable companion...