1.   Bowman said the day after taking the insult that he thought Issel deserved to be suspended but not fired.

2.   But Ibanez will take the insults, and give them back.

3.   Coach Larry Brown takes the insult and, with a firm twist, turns it into a compliment.

4.   She works in a small, tightly knit industry where reputation is everything and perceived insults are taken personally.

5.   Southern states took insult at the very idea of a memorial to Abraham Lincoln two decades earlier.

6.   But over the years, Ono has learned to take the insult in stride.

7.   Filipinos take perceived insults very seriously and often seek revenge, sometimes through murder.