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...treatment is disrupting the cycle. That can be tough, however, since doctors rarely tell hypochondriacs the truth about their disorder. When Fallon tried to recruit study subjects through their doctors, he got nowhere; physicians evidently didn't want to embarrass or anger their patients by suggesting they might be hypochondriacs...
...international standards on human rights," she says. The Irish government has long promised an independent police-complaints commission, but even if it is created, critics fear the vast majority of complaints will still be investigated by the police themselves. Walsh is hopeful the Council of Europe report will embarrass the government into action. "So far," she says, "they just haven't taken it seriously...
...These are matters that do not need to be discussed in public in ways that embarrass or humiliate the government or the defense, and particularly the court." KENNETH HOYT, U.S. district judge, on why he closed several hearings on Enron executives to the media...
Nevertheless, there is much to embarrass Microsoft in the latest crop of worms. Blaster and Welchia both relied on the same security loophole that was found in Windows in July. There was a fix available--the one Welchia tried to download--but it was among dozens the company puts out every month. Windows XP made its debut in 2001 with some 45 million lines of code and a lot of mistakes, many of which have yet to be uncovered. Because of its complexity, "no other product could potentially be so flawed," says Jerry Ungerman, president of Silicon Valley's Check...
...White House tightly controls these press conferences - allowing only two questions - and Bush works hard to embarrass reporters who ask multi-part questions or try to follow-up. But perhaps sensing that his answer was curt and inadequate, the President circled back later after his host had answered another question and added that America had funded and trained African forces to handle situations just like the one in Liberia. "It's a sensible policy for us to continue that training mission," he said, "so that we never do get over-extended." Bush then reasserted his position from yesterday...