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...really try to encourage that. You know, the trappings and all that stuff I think is bogus and gets in the way of honest communication. If they want me to be a successful President, they've got to tell me what they think. It doesn't offend me when people disagree with...
...warned by his barristers in England that the novel was certain to offend several people, including Mikhail Gorbachev, Queen Elizabeth, Frank Sinatra and Nancy Reagan. Barnes is perhaps the only novelist writing today who could plausibly insert a reference to the torrid geriatric sex, in which the last two allegedly indulged, in a novel about post-communist Eastern Europe...
...most often think of political correctness as a philosophy by which we can't offend others and must be infinitely aware of others' sensibilities. This awareness has also come to be the ideal of an all-inclusive world over the last few years. Everyone must be included, whether or not he or she is qualified or needed...
...issue is a weathervane for his approach to social issues, and so far Clinton has been a model of moderation. He has only addressed the ban on gays in response to queries by reporters, and then he has sounded disconcerted and afraid to offend...
...uninformed dean even wanted to know what niche the concentration was intended to fill. Not to offend anyone, but this question is quite absurd from the student's point of view. We have spent countless hours of frustration trying to construct a solid plan of study within the framework of existing majors. Some have even taken the arduous task of creating a plan from scratch under special concentrations...