Not surprisingly, vets have mounted a full-court offensive against a federal mandate, calling it unwarranted.
Yet any waste of a valuable resource is offensive at a visceral level.
Councilman Jared Rice said the flag now symbolizes "a brand of politics that's very offensive to a lot of people in America and a lot of people in New Rochelle, " which is more than 60 percent Democratic.
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He must limit his counter-offensive to a defense of Israel's interests and his government's policies.
That represents the steepest post-up increase of any NBA player who's involved in at least 10 offensive plays a game.
Instead, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his government have sought to treat Obama's offensive as a routine disagreement between otherwise close allies.
He grabbed the offensive with a considered diplomatic initiative to expand the scope of SAARC discussions beyond economic matters, which is the group's normal brief.
When he broke in three years ago, Sanchez joined a Jet club whose strengths were a good run blocking offensive line and a tough defense.
Oladipo soared in for a big offensive rebound and made a pull-up jumper during a quick six-point burst that got Indiana within one with 9:45 remaining.
Another day, another surprise offensive by a News Corp. determined to navigate perhaps the worst crisis in its history without appearing to cave to outside pressure.
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We make the additional point -- and it is an important point -- that no matter how offensive such a video is, there is no justification for violence.
The BBC's Ian Pannell, who is travelling with UK troops in Helmand, says the latest phase of the offensive involves a major land assault, with soldiers backed up by artillery and air support.
Though a poll this week in a daily newspaper, La Prensa, showed 72% of Panamanians want the bases to stay, mostly for economic reasons, any continued American presence is deeply offensive to a vocal minority.
McCain's campaign said Obama's remarks were offensive and a slap at vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, despite the fact that the Arizona senator himself used the phrase last year to describe a policy proposal of Hillary Clinton's.
Anti-GMO campaigners are clearly positioning themselves for another offensive against a new wave of GM crops and foods, with new pesticide tolerant grain varieties and a host of nutritionally enhanced grains, such as Golden Rice and drought resistant wheat, in their crosshairs.
This will be little comfort to Mr Mitchell or his party since it allows Labour and other critics to point out that either a senior minister used appalling and offensive language to a police officer or he is saying that one of those tasked with protecting the prime minister is lying.
The Bulls opened a 17-point halftime lead with a rare offensive outburst, and found a way to get big baskets every time the Nets pulled close to win the NBA's only do-or-die game of the first round.
As taxes go, a VAT is one of the least offensive, and a levy on bank balance sheets that penalizes excessive risk can in principle reduce the likelihood of panics.
As a Palestinian-American, the Jets' offensive lineman is a rarity in the NFL. Aboushi, drafted in the fifth round out after a standout career at the University of Virginia, is one of just a handful of players with that ethnic background.
Ministers claim it has helped to contribute to a 20% reduction in crimes of handling an offensive weapon on a national level since it launched in 2009.
Algeria faced questions over its decision on Thursday to stage a military offensive at the site -- a move some nations criticized as endangering the lives of the hostages.
Al-Maliki also has promised a major offensive targeting al Qaeda in Iraq, a predominantly Sunni group, in the northern city of Mosul.
Of the remaining four arrests, no further action is to be taken against a 14-year-old boy from Devon, who was arrested in possession of an offensive weapon or a 28-year-old man from Northumberland who was arrested for breach of the peace.
One suspects that Abdullah saw the need for a "charm offensive" in the form of a new peace initiative for the Middle East.
Mr Mearns asked Mr Gove what action he would take about a special adviser sending a "deeply offensive and prejudiced" email to a journalist.
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Phoenix had several chances after that, but missed a trio of shots in a row after two offensive rebounds, the last a 16-footer by Dragic with 27 seconds left.
The company also went on a media offensive of its own, inviting ABC News into a Foxconn factory.
The Phils were hardly a great offensive team this year, yet they cruised to a 102-win season thanks to their ability to throw a good pitcher out there every day.
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