Word: affront
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...less so for the Christian prayer we heard on game days. Yet as much as I agree with the high court's ruling as a matter of principle, my own experience might make an argument for the other side. Rather than feeling an increased "sense of isolation and affront," as the court warns us those in the religious minority might experience, I sometimes found an unexpected degree of the opposite: inclusion and camaraderie with my teammates after taking part in the pregame prayers, a solemn connection that I wanted to scoff at but, because it moved me, could...
...sweet soul with a clownish side that at one point last year prompted teammates to tape his mouth shut and tie him to a pole in the dugout. But on the mound, he has a keen sense of machismo. He feels that a man on base is an affront. Opponents are batting just .056 against him when their team has runners in scoring position...
...Lift High the Cross" (FM, April 13) could critique evangelical Christian groups. The piece may also be an affront to Christianity in general. I profess to be Catholic, and though I may not agree with the tactics of all the groups participating in Jesus Week--which would normally be called "Holy Week" on traditional liturgical calendars--I loathe denouncing them...
...court's ruling is misleading because it implies the city ordinance sidesteps any normative judgement on the content of the expression. In reality, the ban is an across-the-board affront to basic free speech principles. If nude dancing at adult establishments did indeed lead to higher crime rates or severe property devaluation, the city could have used a number of non-speech related means to control the effects. Certain zoning laws might allow for more efficient law enforcement and could limit the extent to which the surrounding property is devalued. Instead, as Justice Stevens wrote, "the City of Erie...
...Miami's Cuban-American leaders, welcoming Castro's artists is a worse affront. "To people who've been tortured in his jails, it's an insult to allow Cuban propaganda here," says Miami-Dade County Commissioner Pedro Reboredo...