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...sweating bullets as I see him sitting patiently at a table by himself in a fleece vest and a canvas baseball hat. I wonder whether I will embarrass myself and decide not to bring up the relative physical merits of the film’s graphically pictured stars. This is a little crude, I realize, but have a conversation after Kinsey and you’ll know what I’m talking about...

Author: By Bryant Jones, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Wrangham regards Kinsey | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...Matalon, an assistant NELC professor, said that while he disagrees with Arafat’s politics, he hopes “people who are sympathetic toward Palestinians or Israelis—or both, as in my case—will not embarrass themselves by making a spectacle of vengeance...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Arafat's Health Draws Response | 11/5/2004 | See Source »

...operations at the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign last year. A shrewd problem solver, she is considered one of his closest political advisers. Still, some conservatives were furious that Kerry went out of his way to mention Mary's lesbianism because they saw it as a way to embarrass the Republican ticket or alienate it from its evangelical base. It was an "attempt to suppress a certain segment of Christian votes," says Gary Bauer, a former Republican presidential candidate and a leading advocate of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Lynne Cheney called it "a cheap and tawdry political...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: Gay Politics: Who Gets to Talk About Mary Cheney? | 10/25/2004 | See Source »

...expect to win this weekend; I just want to get out there and have a good time racing in the single as a change of pace from the eight,” Davies said. “My goal for this weekend is simply not to embarrass myself...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Silver Medalist Returns to Harvard | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...visit to Moscow last month, Premier Wen Jiabao repeated China's entreaties but received no promises. In fact, Russia's only crude-oil supplier to China, the embattled Yukos, announced only days before Wen's arrival that it would cut off shipments to China. The move seemed designed to embarrass the Kremlin, but it underscored China's vulnerability. Meanwhile, Beijing's planned pipeline is in danger of being thwarted by its regional nemesis, Japan, which has offered to pay for part of the multibillion-dollar project?so long as it terminates in the Russian port of Nakhodka, which is nearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Quest for Oil | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

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