At a joint news conference, Mr.Brown praised the current Pakistani army offensive against Taliban targets in the Swat valley.

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These public-private distinctions are onerous -are offensive--to some people because it seems like the government is acting like a parent.

公共和私募公司之间的划分有些繁琐,对有些人来说有些冒犯的意味,监管机构像是在扮演父母的角色

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Maybe you have offended a client by inadvertently approaching a subject that is offensive to her.

假设你因为无意地提起一个冒犯了客户的话题而惹恼了客户。

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Not surprisingly, vets have mounted a full-court offensive against a federal mandate, calling it unwarranted.

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Yet any waste of a valuable resource is offensive at a visceral level.

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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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