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...Last week you mentioned our names in the same breath as a certain General Wong. Had you only insulted us, we might have left it at that. But to insult our chicken was completely out of line. General Wong is a grizzled, stringy man who covers up his lack of balls, as it were, with sweet-and-sour sauce, as it were. His chicken can be similarly described...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fifteen Minutes: From Our BULGING Mail Bagsā€¦ | 3/16/2000 | See Source »

...insult to injury, Harvard won the second game 15-4, on an ace from Micomonaco...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Volleyball Routs MIT, 3-0 | 3/16/2000 | See Source »

...have to learn how to deal with "No." A lot. You'll hear more people tell you "No," you'll be turned down for more jobs, you might hear people insult you. A news director in college reduced me to tears on the phone because he told me I sucked and I would never make it in this business. A professor told me I wouldn't make it because I was too silly. If that's too much for you to handle, then choose something else...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Master of the Mojo: A Conversation with ESPN's Stuart Scott | 3/15/2000 | See Source »

...found your editorial against reparations for descendents of American slaves (Editorial, March 8) wanting on several accounts. First, The Crimson editors should have been above throwing around silly insults by suggesting that serious activists in civil and human rights affairs are "digging through history for political or financial gain." The Crimson staff discusses favorably the reparation claims of Jews and Japanese-Americans during World War II and wouldn't dare attaching this "gold diggers" insult to these reparation quests. Furthermore, The Crimson staff ignores that those advocating reparation for slavery make it clear that reparations can take a variety...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters To The Editor | 3/14/2000 | See Source »

...even taking home campaign posters. But of the 70 women there, only a handful intended to vote for McCain. Upon hearing this, I committed a faux pas by suggesting McCain was in trouble if he couldn't draw more support in such a working-class Republican community. "Don't insult us," snapped Manon Crow, a Bush supporter. "Brea isn't working class." So much for the Bush spirit of reaching out to hoi polloi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Waiting To Catch The Primary Wave | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

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