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...article on Gunga Din, TIME, Feb. 6, I take exception to your statement ". . . nor affront the intelligence of their seniors."* I think it is an insult to the intelligence of the moviegoer to expect him to believe among other things...
...hands to indicate a fish. She moves her hands to her eyes to indicate eyes. . . . There are many sorts of hulas, including epic hulas. There can even be frivolous or comic hulas. But Miss Powell's is not any of them. It is a serious mistake and an insult to confuse the hula-hula with the hootchy-kootchy." Asked whether the body was moved at all, another member coldly replied: "It's the sinews that move...
...either case, "snap" courses are an insult to the intelligence of those taking them, and more generally to the undergraduate body as a whole. Quantitatively, this is a tiny problem, an unimportant abuse. But in principle, it means that credits can be procured where they are not deserved, by the mere beckoning of an eyebrow. Thus, "snap" courses reflect upon the standards of Harvard education in general...
Understanding Senator Pittman's words were far too crude for diplomacy. Even from a chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee (who is not expected to be a diplomat) they came perilously close to being a deliberate insult. And there was even a suspicion that they might have been inspired by the White House. In effect, Mr. Ickes having boxed Adolf Hitler's ear, and Mr. Welles having slapped his nose, Mr. Pittman took a roundhouse swing...
...Mildred Butler, 28-year-old Nova Scotian; in Halifax. In Boston on his wedding trip, Captain Walters admitted that he was also trying to collect $6,000 in expense money because the race had been delayed. Said he: "The people of Canada will consider it an insult if payment isn't made soon...