Word: insultingly
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...Same hazards as walking alone down 42nd St. Mister, mister, leave me alone; today is the day of Women's Liberation. Tonight I am going to march, strike for equality. Strike for Equality. I think I should talk to this man, explain why his low-voiced suggestions are an insult, but it is too early...
...sophomore year because she "felt a definite call to the ministry." She took to itinerant preaching in Idaho, and for almost two decades "worked in the small places, among the farmers." She hated traditional tent healing services: "the long healing lines, filling out those cards. It was an insult to your intelligence." After visiting such a service once, she cried all night...
...future is uncertain. The Port Everglades Commission, the municipality's governing body, has decreed that the ship must leave the harbor by December. The pollution-control office of Broward County, in which the liner is moored, has cited her smoky stacks as a hazard. Combining insult with injury, the county tax assessor recently ruled that the berthed vessel is legally a building, and assessed it for $5,700,000. The new classification means that the Elizabeth is one of the few buildings in the world that can hoist anchor and sail away-if only to search for a friendlier...
...home runs, and the oldest man among them is 28. The first batter an opposing pitcher has to face is Outfielder Pete Rose, who is pursuing his third straight batting title with a .328 average. Next comes Bobby Tolan, a .317-hitting centerfielder who has learned to add insult to injury by becoming baseball's most accomplished base thief. He has stolen 43 so far this season. Tony Perez bats No. 3. He still leads the Reds in batting average with .334, but in the power categories he has fallen behind Cincy's Catcher and Cleanup Man Johnny...
...insult has been added to financial injury: the specialists are under widespread attack. The Securities and Exchange Commission is again examining them, as part of its broader study of the market, and even New York Stock Exchange President Robert Haack concedes: "The specialist system has its shortcomings." As if that were not enough, Richard Ney, a onetime movie actor turned investment adviser, has condemned the specialists in his sensationalist bestseller, The Wall Street Jungle. He charges that the specialists manipulate the market and more than make up their short-term losses by turning enormous profits when prices rise, as they...