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Miller himself set the tone of the debates that have raged over it when he wrote in 1934: "This is not a book. This is libel, slander, defamation of character....No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants to God, Man, Despite Time, Love, Beauty....what you will...
...anything directly from female hands. ¶ It is not always necessary to observe local customs, but it is always advisable to find a graceful way of refusing. "The people in this area were polygamous. They wanted us to marry a few more wives. We didn't want to insult them, and cast about for an appropriate reason for refusing. We finally explained to them that our religion forbids us to marry more than one wife, and that it would hurt our wives at home to break this rule." For the guidance of Peace Corpsmen, the manual observes wryly...
...week's end, after the Russians added injury to insult to the assembled neutralists by setting off their bomb, there were signs that the reluctant leaders at Belgrade were getting the point. Senior Neutralist Nehru, who often sees two sides even when there is only one, took the speaker's platform, declared: "The danger of war comes nearer and nearer by the recent decision of the Soviet government to start nuclear tests. Our situation today is the most dangerous since World War II ended." The conference, he urged, should first address itself to this issue, laying aside...
Most of the 37 men in blue who patrol the majors accept insult as a matter of course-"I'd really get upset if they cheered," says the American League's Ed Runge-but few ever get used to it. "You try to rationalize," says the National League's Frank Secory, "but it's not easy. A guy in the stands shouts vilifications, and a psychiatrist says it's healthy for him-it's his safety valve. I know the guy doesn't mean me, personally...
...more than an unappreciative slap. But the Tolais have been nursing a grudge against the Sepiks for years-ever since the Sepiks began migrating from the New Guinea mainland two decades ago and rose in status as laborers around Rabaul. The pinched tribeswoman called her cousin to avenge her insult. A Sepik pitched in to help the pincher. Soon it was tribe against tribe. Tolais with white-painted faces armed themselves with baskets of stones and heavy sticks. The more imaginative Sepiks stuck hibiscus blooms in their hair for battle identification and began to flail away with iron bars, bicycle...