Word: affront
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...time for us to say that the advocacy of 'unmarried unions' and 'sex experiments' is not only shameful but damnable-a sin against God, and an affront to all right-minded people, both young and old. And it is time for us to see to it that we know what is being taught to our children in our churches and in our universities...
...read. I recommend him to study Pope's famous line about a little knowledge. Once more, he uses the term "Yanks," and this in a letter of fault-finding as to style of writing I The exhibition of general ignorance and boorishness in Mr. Dowse's unprovoked affront makes it clear that he himself has certainly not yet learned how to read or to write. The admirably condensed style of TIME is lost upon him. He picks upon a few minor objections and uses them to vent his spleen against Americans in general-the commonest form of logical...
...porters whom travelers may call "George" without affront, Mr. Warner was educated at public school in New Orleans. His seven stripes indicate 35 years, going on 40, with the New York Central. His residences are on St. Nicholas Ave., N. Y. C., and Calumet Ave., Chicago. His chief club, The Turf Club (Chicago). His sons, Devere Joseph and George Joseph Jr., are in civil service and sportdom, respectively. George Joseph Jr. achieved some fame as a pugilist (nom de combat, "Jose Alvarez, the Mexican Kid") and fought "Kid" MacPartland to a bloody draw in his last ring appearance, in Illinois...
Forwith, Secretary of State Kellogg, after a consultation with Haitian Minister Hannibal Price, cabled President Borno that his objections to Mr. King are an affront to the U. S. Senate and a discredit to Haiti. Perhaps, said Secretary Kellogg, Mr. King might lose his hostility if allowed to visit Haiti. Within an hour President Borno cabled back that under no circumstances would he allow Mr. King to land on his shores. "Mr. King's utterances," said the Negro President, "are a personal insult to me and to my people...
...Seine. So many that a Frenchman simply cannot escape them on the Riviera. Recently rich Louis Loucheur, not long since Minister of Finance (TIME, Dec. 7), decided to provide an asylum for Frenchmen in France, a retreat where open English vowels and nasal Yankee twangs would not affront the Latin...