Word: embarassed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they are likely to, this winter. He has other weapons than the threat of dropping out of NATO at his command, however, and it will be interesting to see how he uses them. Will France push for Red Chinese admission to the U.N.? Will de Gaulle continue to embarass us in Vietnam? Will France attempt to make our trade relations with the Common Market particularly difficult? The General is acutely aware of the inter-relationships of diplomacy--one chess piece may be sacrificed for another which is not, commonly speaking, on the same board...
...Quincy representative urged the Council to direct its attention to issues that might "embarass the 'powers-that-be'" in an effort to make the Council more effective and "as a demonstration of our disillusionment with present attitudes in the Administration. The Buildings and Grounds department and the University's commercial holdings were suggested as two fruitful areas for attack...
...traffic at the World's Fair tomorrow has stirred a bitter controversy over the tactics of the protest. The proponents of the demonstration point out that the stall-in Would give civil rights groups an invincible bargaining position for their demands on the city administration. A successful protest would embarass the city and in the future the mere threat of another massive traffic snarl would deter thousands from leaving home, decimating the revenues from the fair...