Word: ire
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...teachings of the Gurus, I appeal to all sections of people in Punjab to maintain peace," he said. The situation has spun out of control before. In May 2007, a prominent sect leader with significant political links, Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh of Dera Sacha Sauda, had invited the ire of the Sikh masses when he addressed a congregation dressed as the tenth Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh, which is against Sikh tenets. Ram Raheem Singh's support base is primarily among the lower castes. At least one person was killed and over a hundred injured in the six days of violence...
...attempting to straddle these political lines, Kwong often raises the ire of those more firmly on either side. He says he gets “the most flack” from the gay community, though those more conservative than him have attacked his views as well...
...Inya Lake, where some of the country's most influential citizens live. But for much of the past two decades, this dilapidated white-shuttered house on University Avenue has been a place of detention for Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, whose democratic activism has earned the ire of the country's notorious ruling junta. On May 3, though, the closely guarded house had an unexpected visitor...
...Roma bystanders, after his car hit, but did not seriously injure, a Roma child. Tensions grew a year later with the formation of a national paramilitary civilian group, which calls itself the Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard.) With uniforms that bear right wing nationalist symbols, the Garda drew the ire of the Roma community because of the group's stated mandate to protect Hungarians against 'Roma crime.' (Read: "Is Hungary the Financial Crisis' Next Iceland...
...During George W. Bush's two terms in office, Specter voted in favor of the Patriot Act (playing a critical role in re-authorizing the bill), retroactive telecom immunity, the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and Bush's controversial tax cuts, among other right-wing measures that have drawn the ire of moderate Republicans and Democrats alike...