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Word: insultingly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...This is an unspeakable insult to the clergy of the U.S.," thundered Dr. Morrison. "Who would have imagined that an agency of the American Government would go so far as to tell preachers what to preach . . . [and] guarantee the right kind of preaching by presenting each pastor with a canned sermon and a text of Holy Scripture printed on the label...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Canned Sermons Panned | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

...down to the River and thrown in? Or perhaps best of all would be to lead tear gas or stink gas to the goal region, so that when the rabble invaded it, disabling gases would take care of them. The whole business was a disgrace to Harvard and an insult to its guests. K. G. T. Webster '93. Assistant professor of English emeritus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAIL | 11/15/1941 | See Source »

Delighted, LaGuardia grabbed a head of cabbage from a stall, held it up for photographers, said: "My opponent's head." Farley: "... A man who has openly and publicly made himself a liar, a speaker of insult . . . obscene language . . . wording so low . . . any individual so depraved as to dirty his tongue with uttering them . . . who believes in hypocrisy in action and filth in language." LaGuardia: "To quote two of their own county chairmen: 'That dope Herbie'" [meaning Lehman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Invective &. Abuse | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

Vainly fighting to save the Megaphone Brigade, Williams came whimpering home to Cambridge with a scratched face and innumerable bruises inflicted by the claws of the Tiger. And to add insult to injury, Princeton had captured three of the megaphones, while the driving rain ruined the other four. Today, the H. A. A. re-outfitted its ranks with seven braud new shout-carriers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Battle of the Cheerleaders Is Only Saturday Defeat | 11/4/1941 | See Source »

...Thomas does not like to hear sounds that are not in the score. This one was the click of a camera shutter, from News Photographer Arthur French, who was in the front row. Sir Thomas whirled in fury, brandishing his baton, shouted: "Leave the hall. This is an insult to the audience. You're sorry? Well, you should be. Leave the hall at once." Photographer French left with all speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sir Thomas in Seattle | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

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