Word: insultingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Some people might think of it as an insult,” said Harvard junior Frank Herrmann, who lounged in the stands at Fullerton’s Goodwin Field during Friday’s earlier Missouri-Arizona game. “But you have to use it to your advantage. If we can get to [Roemer] early, he might start thinking about...
Koranic defilement is a recurring Islamic concern. The first recorded prefiguring of the alleged insult at Gitmo may have been in the 1200s when Mongols invading Baghdad were said to have used Koran pages as toilet paper. But as early as the 700s, notes UCLA Islamic-law expert Khaled Abou El Fadl, jurists commenced a centuries-long debate over the just punishment for spitting on it, impaling it or feeding it to goats...
However, like with that underachieving basketball squad, the result was somewhat disappointing. The book never fulfills the potential that is boldly emblazoned on the front of the dustcover. Yet, this should not be taken as an insult to the “The Best Year,” because the book is really quite an enjoyable read with interesting, unconventional insights. Morrow, a professor at Boston University and a seasoned contributor to Time, writes in smooth, clear prose, although he sometimes shades toward the bombastic. For instance, in describing Nixon’s physical features, he writes...
...because she opposed the Vietnam War but because she was a traitor who went to Hanoi and gave aid and comfort to the enemy. She appeared in photo ops with the very military equipment that the North Vietnamese used to kill U.S. pilots and crew. Her actions were an insult to American troops. Many of us will go to the grave remembering the real heroes of the Vietnam War who gave so much for their country, while Fonda, the traitor, continues to take advantage of the fame and privilege the U.S. has given her family. She still hasn...
There is, simply intuitively, something abhorrent about enjoying your place at the dining table of a family you typically loathe and insult. About seeing literally every hallway plastered with every Sports Illustrated and newspaper cover about winning the World Series and beating your team and somehow, not immediately feeling disgust. About not having the urge to “set the entire building on fire” until someone actually called me up to recommend that...