Word: embarrassing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he left Lhasa and Tibet and came to India "of his own will and not under duress," and said that his "quite arduous" escape was only possible "due to the loyalty and affectionate support of his Tibetan people." In unemotional language (he was pledged not to embarrass his Indian hosts) he bluntly accused the Red Chinese of destroying a large number of monasteries, killing lamas and forcing monks and officials into labor camps. He had left Lhasa in fear of his own life, said the Dalai Lama, when the Communists opened fire on his Norbulingka palace with mortar shells...
Fortnight ago, Minnesota's Humphrey-allied Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party gave a big push to a bill abolishing Minnesota's "costly" ten-year-old primary. Fear of the Humphreyites: G.O.P. voters might cross over in the primary to vote for Kennedy and embarrass Humphrey in his home state. Last week the Kennedy-ites scored in Wisconsin with a surprise play that broke up the attempt of Humphrey's teammates to block Kennedy from next April's Wisconsin primary...
...Prime Minister's trip has also been valuable to Britain domestically. Khrushchev's efforts to annoy and embarrass Macmillan, and so to weaken his position in the impending British elections by depicting the Moscow trip as a failure, only served to set off Macmillan's courtesy and firmness, and actually seem to have helped him at home. While Macmillan demonstrated his good faith by pushing for increases in trade and cultural exchanges, he still remained firm in rejecting a pact which would close United States air bases in England...
Councilor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, also stressed the economic importance of the University, especially in the "job opportunities" it provides citizens. He attacked the notification request, which has been proposed last week by Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci, saying that "the only reason for this type of order is to embarrass...
...declared lost. But it was more than close enough to call for a standing vote-which Democrat Wolf did not demand. His explanation: "I did not ask for a standing vote because many of the young men were bucking their leaders and I didn't want to embarrass them...