Word: affronting
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...Israelis. The public scorn, humiliation-and self-contempt-rankled, leaving behind smoldering hatred for Israel and a lust for revenge. Among sensitive Arabs the public shame of their defeats was as bitter as the loss of territory. Pride looms large in the Arab psyche; its loss is an intolerable affront...
...tract and a rather florid disposition toward suicide. This may also have been the intention of Director Ferreri. Unfortunately, however, he hasn't the wit or style or inventiveness to outrage. Ferreri is the kind of clumsy film maker whose deadeningly literal style could turn even the grossest affront into a piddling bromide...
THIS FILM bases its claim to our attention on pure and unabashed charisma. It works its magic so long as we are willing to suspend disbelief. But charisma, on the screen and off, must eventually perform in order to justify its hold; otherwise, it is a sham and an affront. Cesar and Rosalie doesn't perform; it really doesn't even attempt...
...have avoided an epic U.S. fiasco. In the missile situation, therefore, the Times made a counter-request. As Frankel tells it: "Will the President give his word that he will shed no blood and start no war during the period of our silence? The Commander-in-Chief perceives no affront in this arrogant demand from the sidelines. He gives his word, and we delay our report for a day. No such bargain was ever struck again ... The essential ingredient was trust, and that was lost somewhere between Dallas and Tonkin...
...This is not to say that everyone is, or would be, bothered by these arpeggios of steam in the pipes. Clearly not. But for those, like me, who in the pursuit of silence are sensitive to the least disturbance they are a virtual torment, and become almost a personal affront. Try changing your seat and they will follow you. (It may be that some people will let it bother them.) However, this chronic condition which is so inconsistent with the nature of a library I think deserves some remedial attention. Grenville Thoron Stall...