Word: insulter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Winston Churchill, arch-exponent of Anglo-French military cooperation, complained that the British attitude of "one ally should do the paying while the other must do the dying" was an insult to France. Up rose William Shepherd Morrison, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who speaks in the House of Commons for Admiral of the Fleet Lord.Chatfield, Minister for the Coordination of Defense, surprisingly agreed with Mr. Churchill and said significantly: "Once involved in war we could not proceed upon a principle of limited liability." That statement, M.P.s believed, meant that Britain would send another expeditionary force to France...
Fortnight ago, M.P.s in the House of Commons took Sir Reginald to task for his residence abroad. Laborite Frederick J. Bellenger called it an "insult to public opinion." Laborite Albert V. Alexander pointed out scornfully that the General saves income taxes by living abroad. Joining the attack was Colonel Sir Joseph Nail, Conservative. Defending Sir Reginald was Oliver Stanley, president of the Board of Trade. Sir Reginald flew to London, denied he intended to resign, with military gruffness termed the M.P.s' attack "a lot of idle chatter. More like village gossip. Pity they haven't anything better...
...article on Gunga Din, TIME, Feb. 6, I take exception to your statement ". . . nor affront the intelligence of their seniors."* I think it is an insult to the intelligence of the moviegoer to expect him to believe among other things...
...hands to indicate a fish. She moves her hands to her eyes to indicate eyes. . . . There are many sorts of hulas, including epic hulas. There can even be frivolous or comic hulas. But Miss Powell's is not any of them. It is a serious mistake and an insult to confuse the hula-hula with the hootchy-kootchy." Asked whether the body was moved at all, another member coldly replied: "It's the sinews that move...
...either case, "snap" courses are an insult to the intelligence of those taking them, and more generally to the undergraduate body as a whole. Quantitatively, this is a tiny problem, an unimportant abuse. But in principle, it means that credits can be procured where they are not deserved, by the mere beckoning of an eyebrow. Thus, "snap" courses reflect upon the standards of Harvard education in general...