Word: insulters
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...seventh grade at my school, we spent class time learning. But in my literature sections at Summerbridge, I see the girls trying to learn, ready with their paper and sharp pencils at the beginning of class, raising their hands with questions. The boys devilishly run away from me, insult me, jump out of their chairs, or poke each other. I can’t generalize: I know that in other classrooms at Summerbridge, not to mention in the rest of the world, girls act up and boys behave well. But I find myself expending all my energy on my male...
...village this year we were asked to give toothbrushes, toothpaste and other toiletries. In the southern region of Andaluc?a, Spaniards even held a mock referendum on Western Saharan independence, highlighting the United Nations' failure to keep this promise. The mock referendum infuriated the Moroccans, and brooding on this insult may have had a lot to do with their flag waving on Perejil. The canny Moroccans, of course, are aware that right now Spain needs rock problems like a hole in the cabeza. Their Perejil adventure may have been ended by Spain's superior military strength, but it has enabled them...
...Northern Alliance commander in Afghanistan, defense minister Mohammed Fahim. Executive rule and the presidency rests with Karzai, but in a country where military might marks authority, a great deal of power resides with the general. And now some of his friends insist he's lost face. "It's an insult to the defense minister," says a commander loyal to Fahim...
...Life magazine. "This is going to be a beautiful story," he said as he set out from the village of Nam Dinh, in Vietnam's Red River delta, on May 25, the last morning of his life. "I will be on my good behavior today. I will not insult my colleagues, and I will not once mention the excellence of my work." Eight hours - and 30 km - later, Capa was dead, killed by a landmine at Thai Binh, as he tried to get just that little bit closer...
...injury to insult, Korean director Kwok Jae Young, in town to celebrate the purchase of his romantic-comedy hit My Sassy Girl for a Hollywood remake by DreamWorks, was hit by a car while standing outside the popular Petit Majestic Bar. The French driver, instead of apologizing, chastised Kwok for standing in the way; then, according to the trade paper Variety, three French toughs formed a cordon to let the driver escape. The director left for Paris the next day, body bent but spirit unbroken...