Word: embarrassing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years I have come to expect some insentient and contemptuous treatment of the weak and vulnerable: Mr. Dalquist's effort marks an all-time low in unabashed tastelessness and insensitivity. The texts accompanying his photos are reprehensible examples of a social consciousness so primitive and mordant that they should embarrass the sensitivities of this community more than they enflame the anger of the residents of the South End. As for Mr. Dalquist and the Editorial staff of The Crimson, I hope that maturity will bring a modicum of circumspection and compassion which their breeding has to date failed to produce...
Despite two mad scenes and numerous other opportunities to embarrass himself, Henry Winkler does manage to survive Heroes-but barely. In the future he would be wise to apply the Fonz's cagey bike-riding style to his fledgling movie career: while TV actors have every right to burst out of the 21-in. screen, they are more likely to land safely if they look before they leap...
Living with the truth, never an easy task, presents unusual moral dilemmas for investigative reporters as well as presidents. The reporter's entire occupational orientation compels him to make public all the information that can be unearthed. Ordinarily such disclosures merely embarrass public figures, but occasionally the release of certain information could endanger the national security. In such instances, the reporter must weigh the risks of exposing sensitive information against his professional obligation to report all that he knows...
...Leaking is a form of whistle-blowing," Schorr explained. People leak information that will embarrass public figures, or implicate them in crimes or scandals; they do not expose "atomic secrets." "The real secrets are pretty goddamn well kept," Schorr insisted...
...Glos manifesto is bound to embarrass and anger the regime of Party Chief Edward Gierek. Still, it seemed unlikely that the government would crack down on the signers so close to President Carter's scheduled visit to Warsaw in December. In Poland, such a move would only precipitate more protest...