The word "scandal" derives from the Greek skándalon, originally having the meaning of "trap" but coming in the New Testament to mean "cause of offense," and translated in the King James Version as "stumblingblock," as in St . Pauls first letter to the Corinthians: "But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness".
I don't expect them to be very bothered by that, of course, because it's not the causing of offense that concerns them -- and all editors know as much from a moment's introspection.
As the yardage and point totals increased, league owners began to discuss the possibility of rolling back some of the rules changes which caused such an escalation of offense.
"A great amount of offense was caused to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia by some people who are not aware of the truth of things and the highest national interest," Maj.
Panel Republicans invited a trio of former federal prosecutors to Wednesday's hearing to testify that the StemExpress documents constitute probable cause of a criminal offense — one, they said, that the Justice Department should vigorously investigate.
Not a lot of offense here: Iowa has 164 yards of offense, Iowa State 140.
The recent flurry of criminal trials and convictions of public officials for a variety of offenses causes one to think of why it is that people who are elected to represent their communities in city, state and federal government appear so often before the bar of justice.
But there are still more than 600 plaintiffs' lawsuits still pending against Ciba-Geigy and the water company, accusing them of a range of offenses, from causing cancers in adults to diminishing real estate values.
"That means treating the root cause of many drug offenses, which all too often is a substance abuse disorder".
It took me a long time to want to use the word "misogyny" for fear of causing offense, or of opening myself up to abuse or the "not all men" retorts.
