Word: dishonour
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...particular vehemence by the U.S. and Britain, the large numbers killed in Iraq during and after the Gulf War, or the presence of U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf, but none of these, in my opinion, have the force and the gut-wrenching immediacy, the sense of dishonour surrounding the Palestinian predicament for Arab public opinion. So it is around these issues that we must look carefully and analytically to dismantle terrorist networks...
...today we are making history, and you and I are fortunate to see this happening before our eyes. I cannot say what part will fall to our lot, but whatever it may be, let us remember that we can do nothing that may bring discredit on our cause or dishonour to our people. Goodbye, little one, and may you grow up a brave soldier India's service...
...Your continued coverage of natural resources [Sept. 17, Oct. 1] is appreciated by people concerned with conservation. That conservation has finally become news is a step toward the day when Americans will realize the wisdom of Henry Beston's words: "Do no dishonour to the earth, lest you dishonour the spirit...
...approach of a Spanish Armada of fiftie and three saile of men of warre, carrying above ten thousand men. But Sir Richard Grinvile, out of the greatnesse of his minde, utterly refused to turne from the enemie, alleaging that hee would rather choose to die, then to dishonour his countrey...
...that children should only be lectured or else sentimentalized, was the great battle of his life. His fictional children indulge in gleeful fantasies in which Olympians are skinned alive, shot or made to walk the plank. The Olympians struck back; a reviewer called one Grahame short-story collection "a dishonour done to the sacred cause of childhood...
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