Word: slur
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...person of Irish descent, I find this slur offensive. And I think we all should. That's what AWARE Week was all about, wasn...
...have had only one conversation with Barnicle--in front of two witnesses, who both remember it for its coolness and brevity. It did not include any discussion of "Asian women." I would never utter--or think--the kind of racist, sexist perverted slur Barnicle attributed to me. Barnicle made up the entire story, as he well knows, in order to demonstrate his point that it is easy to take a cheap shot at a public figure...
Upon discovery of the quotation, Pritchett (who, incidentally, is enrolled in Religion 34: "Modern Jewish Thought") repudiated the slur, denied any knowlege of its presence in the paper before publication and hand-delivered letters of apology to the community on behalf of the Review. He also retrieved and destroyed some 10,000 of the 13,000 copies printed...
...Holt have been busy striving to capture their sixth Miss USA crown. As the partners supervised fittings of Kuehne and Nelson in Guyrex-designed evening gowns, the two consultants delivered pointers and pep talks. For Kuehne, they had prescribed voice exercises to correct her high pitch and slight slur. To Nelson, who at 5 ft. 6 in. and 105 lbs. is too slim, they gave a gentle admonition to keep to daily milk shakes and peanut butter...
...that he had gone too far, he stood by Goodin's memo. On Monday he called it "no big deal" and "factually accurate." Like the police captain in Casablanca who was shocked that gambling was going on, Atwater professed astonishment that anyone could interpret the memo as a slur on Foley. Other Republicans who understood the memo's unmistakable meaning dissociated themselves, from George Bush on down. Even Congressman Vin Weber, a close friend of Gingrich's, called the memo an "abomination," pointing out that this had nothing to do with enforcing tough ethical standards and everything to do with...