Word: offending
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Moynihan that Richard's views were "official" - endorsed by his government in London - participants in the Rambouillet talks deny any connivance. As one of them told TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter: "I was sitting in on all of Henry's conversations with Callaghan, and, although it may offend Moynihan's ego, I know he didn't talk with him about Pat Moynihan...
None of these proposals is very controversial, and Clarke is quite consciously keeping his campaign low key. "Cambridge is a funny community," he said. "You have to be careful not to offend certain groups...
...Sourcebook is written in a style designed to jibe with its politics but, bound to offend the linguistic purist. For one thing, the language, when it's not merely rhetorical, is often distressingly colloquial, as in this comment on comic books: "The more drecky the material, the more blatant the sexism, the more overt the misogyny." Feminist expressions (language shapes consciousness and all that) abound, expressions like "Goddess knows" which ring a bit untrue, or the substitution of "MDeities" for doctors. The difficulties of constructing a graceful feminist language are certainly formidable, but fortunately the Sourcebook's analysis are sufficiently...
...Reds are a despicable team. Really any fan from any National League city other than Cincinnati can tell you that. After all, if you pile up 108 victories in a season you simply have to offend a lot of fans around the senior circuit...
...Vegans perceive Greenspun as something of a menace himself. His ad hominem attacks offend some readers. Others recall his 1940s public relations work for "Bugsy" Siegel's Flamingo Hotel and wonder if Greenspun is still friendly with local mobsters. "That's the goddamnedest, most fabricated lie," he says, and points as proof to his occasional diatribes against organized crime. Adds Greenspun: "When you live in this town, you're rubbing shoulders with every facet of society...