Word: ire
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...years at Harvard, James Freeman Clarke, Class of 1829, recalled with no little ire that the Faculty subjected the students to a daily drilling in which "no attempt was made to interest us in our studies." The new century brought a fresh crop of (apparently) benighted undergraduates, and as late as 1963 yet another committee of Overseers to study Harvard’s teaching fellow program had unearthed "a considerable amount of uninspired, inexperienced, and weak teaching...
...editors of Charlie Hebdo and their incensed backers depict the trial as an assault on free speech by religious intolerance. A paper that thrives on controversy and insult, Charlie Hebdo argues the drawings were published both to support the Danish editors who drew the ire of Muslims around the world, and to make the point that a fully equal and integrated Islam in secular European societies can't expect to enjoy a deference not accorded to Christianity or Judaism. "The Pope is satirized, the Church is satirized, Christians are satirized and so are Jews - all in a well-established tradition...
...cost of the party. "You end up spending hundreds of dollars and then find it all at the bottom of the toy box," says Ginny Loving, a mother of two in Virginia. Recently, Loving, Cadby and six of her friends got together and risked kids' ire by putting a moratorium on goody bags. "We told the girls they were too old for them," says Cadby. "That seemed to work...
...calls for ever more troops in Iraq. He has joined Bush to fight hard-line conservatives and the bulk of the GOP on immigration reform. He is one of the only GOP’ers to say America should be worried about global warming. And he always arouses the ire of fundraising Republicans and Democrats alike by his campaign finance crusade, which produced not only real legislation but also, through his aggressive chairmanship of the Indian Affairs Committee, help bring to light the scandalous backroom dealings of Jack Abramoff, dealings which greatly contributed to the GOP drifting from their core...
...lambasted the Board’s plans, exemplified by five rough sketches of buildings on easels, including a proposal to double the amount of units to 400. The availability of parking, the development’s size, and planners’ optimistic estimates of a 2008 ground-breaking drew ire, garnering applause from the crowd when voiced. “The Charlesview community is at odds with itself,” said Allston resident Tim McHale. “This is Harvard pulling the strings as puppeteer.” Sanchez’ son, Ricardo Sanchez, said he also placed...