Word: offending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...makes time for the horn. "There have been times when I would film all day long and wouldn't get to my hotel room until 10:30 at night," he says. "So I would get into bed and pull the quilt over my head so I wouldn't offend the neighbors." Missing a single day's practice, says Woody, makes him feel "absolutely consumed with guilt. You know, it's like when people break their diet or something...
That's quite a step for Clancy, who has managed to offend more than a few with his ultra-conservative, normally super patriotic politics...
Western leaders are trying to halt the slaughter through international pressure on Assad. The Syrian President does not wish to offend the West when his country sorely needs economic help. Nor can Assad calculate Israel's or Iraq's response to an assault by his troops that would amount to Syrian control of Lebanon...
Market Darwinism often condemns admirable art to obscurity. We need more federal aid to prime the cultural pump -- even if some of it goes to artists who offend...
STILL, I am not sure whether I think the man did the right thing. He walked out of the elevator embarrassed. We were embarrassed. Karen was offended. But he was polite, direct. He made his point and tried not to offend...