Word: rebuff
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...values troupe condescendingly tacks quotes onto every mention of the word “gay” in its publications as it decries the menacing “homosexual agenda” and its purported influence over our children. All the while, the FRC manages to demonize feminism and rebuff religion outside of the strictest Judeo-Christian tradition. But don’t worry: the council loves gays and everyone else. Of homosexuals, Perkins gushed, “I have Thanksgiving dinner with them, I have Christmas dinner with them. I love them...
...bold and amusing challenge, however, met a fiery rebuff. After public condemnation from Macy’s, Fierstein was hastily moved to his own float, separate from a presumably heterosexual Santa. He was alienated and, left without much public support, issued a feeble apology...
...been since a 1943 decision instigated at the behest of Jehovah’s Witness—the daily tradition perpetuates an uncomfortable situation for children, and one in which they can be pressured into saying the creed. The Bush administration and other antagonists have tried to rebuff attempts to sustain the ruling, claiming that to recite “under God” is more a tribute to patriotism than a declaration of religious beliefs...
...midweek, U.S. planners appeared to be moving to expand their range of tactical options. Paratroopers took control of an airfield in Kurdish-held territory north of Baghdad to begin establishing the northern front delayed by Turkey's rebuff of plans for the 4th Infantry Division to march on Baghdad from Turkish soil. The 4th's troops and equipment are currently en route by sea to Kuwait, but their deployment in Iraq - possibly via airfields captured last week in western Iraq - may take another two weeks or more. And the U.S. announced Thursday that a further 100,000 troops would...
Despite 30 billion dollars in inducements, the Turkish parliament voted down a measure that would have granted U.S. forces the use of bases bordering Iraq, significantly complicating the Pentagon’s war plans. Turkey’s rebuff is a significant problem for American military strategists. But, the future disposition of a democratic Iraqi regime may turn out to be even more problematic...