Word: embarrassing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Senate Republicans did the right thing for the wrong reasons on Friday, blocking a popular but execrable $286 billion farm bill over an esoteric procedural dispute. In doing so, they gave up the opportunity to shower more money on farm country in a calculated partisan effort to embarrass the Democratic majority. Now both parties will spend the next few months - and maybe the entire next year - blaming one another for delaying legislation that deserves to be destroyed...
...phenomenon. In the years before the Internet, a few might have chuckled as they watched the TV, some may even have shown their friends a clip on a recorded VHS, but her mistake would undoubtedly be soon buried under the weight of real news. Not so today, when the embarrassing video is only a click away on YouTube. Eventually, Miss Teen South Carolina appeared on a talk show to apologize for her flub and answer the question in a reasonable manner. Unfortunately, the large percentage of those mocked on the Internet do not have the high profile that allows them...
...ranks of countries that recognize the genocide of 1915, why at this moment? We should have passed this resolution decades ago, so why not wait a while longer to avoid compromising our soldiers in the field? Or is the timing of this resolution just another ploy to further embarrass our President? Randall Schwalbe, Hawthorne, Calif...
...ranks of countries that recognize the genocide of 1915, why at this moment? We should have passed this resolution decades ago, so why not wait a while longer to avoid compromising our soldiers in the field? Or is the timing of this resolution just another ploy to further embarrass our President? Randall Schwalbe, HAWTHORNE, CALIF...
...Miller's Crossing is in that category. I don't want to embarrass you, but that's just a very, very fine movie...