Word: affronted
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Edith Wharton wrote subtly withering novels of privileged folks whose moral myopia appalled her; she screamed in whispers. Lily is an affront to social order--the order of financial and emotional comfort. Her luck turns to ashes when she rejects love (Stoltz) for a betrothal that promises security. She must be reduced to poverty by an upper class tired of her coquetry and unaware of her special heroism in refusing to destroy a rival (Linney...
Harvard social politics also function in such a way that there exists a fine, almost indistinguishable line between the Good Guys and the Martyrs. The easiest way to attain Good Guy status at Harvard is to suffer some egregious affront--oftentimes in the form of a failed election attempt or an unfulfilled goal. As such, we fill our void of Good Guys with an overflowing reserve of Martyrs. Martyrs, after all, are safe to praise. They pose no threat to our own ambition, we can safely embrace them with compassion and bemoan the injustices that have been committed against them...
...polarize their fans. It's possible the fans will be more exciting to watch than the games. And who could ask for a better match-up than the Mets and the Yankees? The two teams are incredibly talented, and exciting to watch. Their payrolls are high--some people take affront at that--but it just means that the players are the best money can buy. We're lucky enough to be able to watch the World Series of World Series be played by baseball's best...
...some truth in advertising and call this the "North American Series"? A touch less glamorous perhaps. But until baseball rivals soccer - which IS played in the vast majority of nations on this planet, and can thus really stage a "World" Cup - to call it anything more is a serious affront to the English language...
...assumed he'd get his answer, yes or no, privately from Barak. Barak insisted his decision had been inadvertently leaked before he'd had a chance to tell Arafat. The Israeli prime minister had been meticulous about protocol in the past. But Arafat fumed that this was a public affront designed to embarrass...