Word: offending
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...have tried to be really patient and I will continue to be, though it is also true that my sense of humor and 'flippant' demeanor may at times offend them," Burton writes in an e-mail message. "As Rodney King should have said: 'Can't we all just relax a little...
...voted 36-7 to remove the flag from its perch atop the statehouse. A much-maligned compromise bill will replace the traditional Southern Cross with a smaller flag to be flown on the grounds of the Capitol - still highly visible, but, proponents of the bill hope, less likely to offend. Although the state House must pass the bill before Gov. Jim Hodges can sign it into law, many feel Wednesday's vote was the beginning of the end in the state's protracted battle over the placement and appropriateness of the Confederate flag...
...button domestic issue at election time. Israel can count on strong support in both parties on Capitol Hill when it comes to the peace process, and Republicans were even happy to underwrite former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's constant efforts to sabotage it, but kissing up to China might offend some traditionally pro-Israel GOP conservatives. Still, Barak might not tempt fate unless he was fairly secure in Israel's ability, if push comes to shove, to muster greater congressional support than its critics. After all, he ultimately knows where his bread is buttered...
...reach an agreement with his Syrian interlocutors, but these statements, coupled with Syrian-backed violence in Lebanon, harden the Israeli electorate against a peace treaty with Syria and make it increasingly difficult for Barak to sell a future peace to his own people. Syria's reckless statements that offend the Israeli electorate's most basic sensibilities reduce Assad's chances of regaining the Golan Heights...
...home. But this being an election year, political considerations may weigh heavily in favor of allowing the appeals process to be exhausted, so that the final decision can be attributed to the courts. "The government will want to handle this with kid gloves so as not to offend the Florida vote," says TIME Miami bureau chief Tim Padgett. "So far the Justice Department has shown no inclination to actually enforce the ruling they made back in January that Elian should go home." Indeed, during the hearing Judge Moore had asked why the INS hadn't simply rejected Lazaro Gonzalez...