Never really having been challenged, when the challenge finally comes, it seems an affront.
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"It's an affront to us, it makes us wonder what's going on, "he says.
For some of Ted Kennedy's critics, his brand of liberalism represented an affront to American liberty.
It's an affront to the American people and to our troops, and it has to stop.
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These deaths are a tragedy and an affront to our collective sense of dignity and fairness.
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Whether it's an affront or not, Londoners might as well ring in the Shard while they're at it.
When the UK government first proposed such an agreement, he suggested it was an affront to Scottish democracy.
Captain MIKE FORD (L.A. County Sheriff's Department): It's an affront to us when the crime goes up that much.
The recent attacks are an affront to all civilized people in the world.
The heightened ability of some individuals to procure organs because of wealth also was an affront to egalitarian sensibilities.
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Right-wing nationalist parties, which regarded the devolution plan as an affront to the Sinhalese majority, were trounced in the election.
Mr. MacAskill's decision was an affront to those who suffered this grisly fate and to a nation's longing for justice.
The current proposal is an affront to sound science and responsible policymaking.
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It may be unpopular and an affront to the personal sensibilities of some, but Rangers needs to learn to live within its means.
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Opponents of the idea focus on a different aspect: it is, they think, an affront to the religious liberties enshrined in the constitution.
Comments of that nature which had no foundation in reality represented an affront to their dignity and undermined their standing in the community.
About 300 US servicemen and employees work at the base, and the Correa administration has said it considers their presence an affront to Ecuador's sovereignty.
" Kilson concludes that I might do "well to revisit the folk essence of African-American institutions" before I again contemplate "an affront to Black people's honor.
Hoffman, the Education Under Fire campaign's founder, said the fact that BIHE produced "brilliant students" seemed to be viewed by the Iranian government as an affront.
But others, including members of the U.S. group, say that plan is an affront to Richard's reputation and legacy, which they say has been through enough.
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They believe that Mr Hazare's deadlines to parliament are an affront to BR Ambedkar, the Dalit scholar who led the drafting of the Indian constitution.
The first few times, she apologized, but then she stopped, because she knew that her regret, like a basket of muffins, was, in some way, an affront.
Although many Americans in earlier times were poor, even people in fairly desperate circumstances were known to refuse help or handouts as an affront to their dignity and independence.
Such statements are an affront to most Americans' intelligence which commonsensically applies a prosaic form of the scientific method: They look for the explanation that best fits the facts.
Other business owners worry that imposing checkout fees on cardholders would be an affront to some customers, while some point out the technological hurdles of ringing up sales at different prices.
He directed his trustees to vigorously fight anyone who contested his wishes, and he considered any type of legal challenge to the validity of the documents as an affront to his wishes.
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Mr. Hadrick, outraged, set a video camera on a fence post and filmed himself dumping a bottle of Yellow Tail onto his snowy pasture while blasting the donations as an affront to ranching families.
And the Center for Military Readiness says her -- two things -- what happened at Harvard and her filing as friend of the court brief makes her appointment an affront to the U.S. military.
Pointing a loaded weapon at anybody is grounds for a felony charge of assault, and brandishing a gun in front of a police officer is an affront to law enforcement that is seldom taken lightly.
"In years to come, the treatment of disabled people typical of the last century - and still too often the case today - will be seen as an affront to their humanity, " said Mr Smith.
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