Word: insults
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...first place, George H.W. Bush does not voluntarily tell his son George W. Bush what he should do on Iraq or anything else more profound than a dockside suggestion like "Try this new lure to hook the stripers." The father would consider it an insult to his son's abilities. Besides, the elder Bush has told almost anybody willing to listen that the world of power and technology has moved beyond him. "I'm not plugged...
...files residing in disparate bureaucratic databanks. The government has yet to draft an accompanying privacy law as promised. Worse, the new registry accidentally leaked information two days after the launch, sending letters to households in Moriguchi that contained the ID numbers, gender information and birthdates of other people. Adding insult to injury: Japanese cows were given a 10-digit ID in the wake of last fall's mad cow scare. Humans, who get 11 digits, are feeling a little like livestock...
...files residing in disparate bureaucratic databanks. The government has yet to draft an accompanying privacy law as promised. Worse, the new registry accidentally leaked information two days after the launch, sending letters to households in Moriguchi that contained the ID numbers, gender information and birthdates of other people. Adding insult to injury: Japanese cows were given a 10-digit ID in the wake of last fall's mad cow scare. Humans, who get 11 digits, are feeling a little like livestock...
Until recently, calling a european executive Anglo-Saxon was considered a compliment. It meant the manager had a global outlook, was focused on the bottom line and gave top priority to keeping shareholders happy. Lately, however, the term has become an insult, suggesting an egotistical empire builder more interested in expanding the company through acquisitions than in the health of the core business...
...Adding political insult to injury, Gujarat's top politician, Chief Minister Narendra Modi, dissolved the local legislature in mid-July and called for early elections?to cash in, his political opponents allege, on support from the majority Hindu population in the wake of the violence. (89.5% of the state's population is Hindu and just 8.5% Muslim.) That provoked an uproar in New Delhi's Parliament last week, as the opposition accused the ruling party of backing Modi, the leader of the Gujarat BJP. But Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani did not relent. "You abuse a Chief Minister...