Word: insulting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Huntington, W. Va., Lawrence H. Rogers, vice president of station WSAZ and WSAZ-TV, banned the song / Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus because "it violates a provision against songs in which children describe parents' misconduct, and implies an insult to Santa Claus and the sacred occasion of Christmas...
Considering the rest of the radio menu, this latest movement is like adding injury to insult. The networks, after all, are given access to public airwaves for their own financial gain. This grant implies some responsibility for balancing the political elements which they allow to buy time on the air. Even the lack of a willing sponsor is no excuse for not doing this, since the networks are quite capable of originating their own programs when necessary. But if commercial radio continues to evade such responsibilities, the price of its existence may soon be too high...
...turns a shave-headed boot into a dedicated fighting man whose faith is in his rifle and whose religion is his corps. And it is nourished by the legendary heroes of the Marines' past: Commandant William Ward Burrows, who in 1800 ordered one Marine shavetail to redress an insult from a naval officer with his pistol; Brigadier General (now Congressman) James P. S. Devereux, the defender of Wake Island; General Thomas Holcomb, the father of the modern corps. The battle cry of a leathery Marine sergeant in World War I ("Come on, you sons of bitches. Do you want...
...cringing acceptance of the Kennan insult is outrageous. Since 1947 I have had a growing conviction that our State Department would sacrifice America before they would deviate from diplomatic protocol. How many lessons does our State Department need in order to recognize the fact that in dealing with the Soviets, Das Kapital is their bible and their book of protocol? It is foolish to use diplomatic niceties on a regime which recognizes none of the common usages of civilized society...
...government could retain its command of Parliament only with the support of the crypto-Communists. U.S. Ambassador John E. Peurifoy let it be known at a cocktail party that he thought it was time for new elections. Taking the hint, King Paul lashed out at "bad Greeks who insult the U.S. instead of thanking her." Without the support of the army, the palace, or the embassy...