Word: insults
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...average person now consumes, plus the dampness and poor quality of the soil in certain cemeteries." The problem has many Greeks considering cremation, which is illegal in Greece, the only European country to ban the practice. The powerful Orthodox Church's opposition - it argues that cremation is an insult to the deceased - felled two recent attempts to legalize the practice. The current government, which came to power with the support of the Church last March, is unlikely to take on the prelates. But cremation advocates are gearing up for a fight. "Debate and discussion with the Church must begin over...
...part of the Faculty Arts and Sciences. It is directed at non-traditional students and encompasses a diverse student body, including approximately 2,000 students in degree and certificate programs from over 100 countries. Rather than parenthetically invoking “extension” as a sort of curse (insult), The Crimson should have acknowledged the phenomenal education students receive while attending the Extension School, whether in pursuit of a degree or just an intellectual interest...
...billion was transferred between parents. High on a long list of complaints is that the ex-wife doesn't have to account for how the money is spent: maybe the latest payment went toward school fees, or maybe it funded gym membership for her and her new boyfriend. Adding insult to injury, the way child support works is that the less contact you have with your children, the more you pay. Due to report back to the government by the end of the month, the task force is expected to recommend a revamp of the 17-year-old scheme...
...truth is that if [Senior Gift Plus] did not exist, these same members would not have dedicated even a minute fraction of the amount of energy to create a site or do anything related to those black Africans dying in Darfur—parody is not a buffer for insult,” Adjah wrote in an e-mail...
...Konrad noted that there was “no insult intended” with the joke, and that he meant to “tease” and “amuse” friends from his Harvard days...