Word: insulting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...famous scholars and scientists jump through the hoop of Mr. Dorgan who apparently has never for-gotten his school failures (how many times has he tried the bar examinations?) and swear that they will teach to the best of their ability? Is this not an insult: and if such a pledge is exacted at all should it not come from the profession, as in the case of physicians, and not from a body of politicians? Is it not a tragic farce that the most conscientious profession should get on its knees and swear to the least conscientious (outside of downright...
...Judge McLaughlin's decision is an act of the most despicable bigotry and an insult to the integrity and intelligence of those many Americans who have had the courage to leave behind the mind-dwarfing traditional supernaturalism. The Judge himself has committed a crime against society...
...British agents, had fallen into the hands of a newspaper editor. She found the editor in a shooting gallery on the Champs Elysees, challenged him to a shooting match, put her six pistol shots into the center of the card. Said she, in a loud voice: "If any man insulted me in a way detrimental to my work, I should take the insult as the challenge, and that," pointing to the perforated card, "would be my answer...
...Americanism" that brought DAR action was the "unamerican" flying of another flag on an equal level with that of the United States. A DAR agent found the Un guilty of this and the outraged Daughters hastened to have the equal arrangement changed. When the Norfolk Navy Yard repeated the insult, they passed a resolution demanding a Congressional investigation...
Although the Pentagon has bungled once, it can avert further misunderstanding by making clear why the soldiers are questionable cases. A full report on each soldier will wipe out the harmful speculation, and clear the innocent of this insult of their integrity. Especially in the case of these prisoners, facts, not guesswork, should be the criteria for accusation...