Word: insulter
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...other judges. I want to tell them that the entire nation stands by them. We will not rest until all these judges are restored to their pre-November 3 positions." The crowd cheered, and pelted a nearby poster of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf with their shoes - a vulgar insult in Pakistan...
...proposition...was his interpretation of Christ’s mission.” Even more absorbing, however, is Gura’s account of the intellectual “brouhaha” that followed Emerson’s address, which the author describes as “a studied insult to the assembled clergy” that “rubbed salt into the raw wounds from the debate over miracles.” He dramatically unfolds Andrew Norton’s inflamed response, as well as George Ripley’s defense of Emerson’s assertions...
...asked a reporter at a November 20 press conference with Obey. "Go back and look - 'Mission accomplished,' al-Qaeda connection, weapons of mass destruction, on and on and on, and you believe the Pentagon?" He calls the Pentagon's alarmist warnings "Rumsfeld-like," which is perhaps the ultimate insult in Washington today...
...University of Illinois is not alone. Native Americans have had to endure insult from even higher-profile teams. The Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians, and Atlanta Braves all mock Native Americans with their names and “traditions.” The Indians’ mascot, Chief Wahoo, comes complete with a red face and dopey smile. Clearly offensive emblems like this are only accepted because they are taken for granted...
...weird, scary environmental documentary, “The 11th Hour.” No one went to it, even though he promoted it tirelessly, saying merely, “I’m curious about the environment,” in a self-deprecatory way. As if to add insult to injury, Norway gave Al Gore ’69 the Peace Prize and Leo’s Victoria Secret model girlfriend got married to someone else to avoid military duty in Israel. I feel just as underappreciated and disregarded. I realized that my role in the community meant nothing...