Word: slaps
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Faculty critics of the request argued that honoring those racist rebels would be a slap in the face to Blacks and to dead Union soldiers. For many, 123 years after Lee's surrender, the Civil War scars still remain. And maybe they should...
...disputed land to Arab control. Adding to Shamir's troubles as he prepared for this week's meetings on the plan with President Reagan were sharp criticisms from 30 U.S. Senators who attacked him for rejecting the "land-for-peace" proposal. Finally, the European Parliament took a slap at the embattled Israeli government, refusing to ratify new trade accords that would give Israel easier access to European markets and loans...
Hockey players may wear pads, but not bulletproof vests. Taking a slap shot in the chest hurts a little more than, say, receiving a slap on the wrist...
...much did Harvard want this game? With the Crimson leading, 7-1, late in the third period, Harvard Captain Steve Armstrong dove in front of a Vermont slap shot...
...slap-on-the-wrist penance package infuriated many national Assemblies leaders and church folk in general, who clogged the Springfield switchboard with calls protesting the special treatment. After all, until church law was changed in 1973, a clergyman who made such a confession would have been expelled for two years, though most left for good. Even under today's more lenient rules, it is unprecedented for an Assemblies minister caught in a sex scandal to be barred from the pulpit for less than a year. Headquarters was also perturbed that the Louisiana district had announced its plan publicly rather than...