Word: insulting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When a marine completes a task that is everyday routine to the doughboys in the infantry, he is slapped on the back, given a medal and a three-day pass. And now, insult to injury! The marines land in 'Frisco! First rest in months. Long time overseas. Celebrations. Awards. What about the 24th, 25th and the 1st Cavalry Divisions, to name a few, who were on occupation duty prior to the Korean conflict, and have had as much time on the line as the marines, if not more...
...strong pro-British slant. "More About Me" is a very amusing five-minute affair. "written by George Bernard Shaw, directed by George Bernard Shaw, produced by George Bernard Shaw, and with a cast of George Bernard Shaw played by George Bernard Shaw." It affords Mr. Shaw an opportunity to "insult a wide audience and retain the pleasure of doing so himself, instead of hiring actors...
After the big snow I located my set of wheels by the red plastic tip on the antennae which barely protruded from the drifts. But when I approached it I saw that the police had tunneled in their cute way to the right windshield wiper. Adding insult to injury they tied the tag to the rubber part of the wiper with a knot any boatswain would have admired. It defied knives and fingernails. Finally, I stripped it off and the rubber left the wiper like a peel leaving a banana...
...wants only enough money to buy her way into a convent and escape from the terrors of life. Only Pedro, the elder son, has learned to cope with life in Spain. A pimp, a Falangist and a black-marketeer, he keeps the family alive even as they insult him for his crimes and venalities...
...Molly's" WAF commission is a "rank" insult to the many intelligent service women in all the branches who have had to earn their commissions the hard way ... I suggest that on her next gift ride from the taxpayers, they take her up 30,000 feet sans oxygen and sans girdle, put her into a spin and let her bring it out herself...