Word: offended
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...national-unity government of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir, leader of the right-wing Likud bloc, and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, head of the Labor Party, is divided over nearly every major decision. Craven leaders, afraid to offend any large minority, conduct government by near paralysis. The present policy on the occupied territories rests on the hope that the civil order will eventually be restored and that the territories will return to the ''status quo,'' the endlessly uneasy but preferred state of affairs in a nation whose front door opens onto the abyss. For 21 years, Israel's leaders have been...
...studio system, it would be a very different film, if it had ever been made at all," he says. "Because it would have had to cost a certain amount of money, which would have meant it would have had to cast certain stars and a script that didn't offend too many people and wasn't too violent ? The whole thing would have gone in circles...
Andrew B. English ’07 Associate editorial chair Seeking a president who will not offend women, American Indians, “soft” social scientists, or people, the presidential search committee will appoint Kermit the Frog. Kermit will promptly be deemed sexist for calling his girlfriend...
Blanchett: It's absolutely excruciating to have to watch these things back. There's a great thing about the theater--that you get the chance to get out there and re-offend...
...with a “process” bent on reaching a foregone conclusion. The board seems reluctant to push back at Harvard for better sites, community benefits, and other improvements for Charlesview. It is as if the board believes that demanding full value for our asset would somehow offend Harvard and cause the board to lose its opportunity...