Word: shaming
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...fields and trees in Michigan, but we most certainly do not have any mountains. The commercials were actually shot in New Zealand in January—I guess winter in Michigan would not yield the appropriate “harvest.” Still, it’s a shame that our own scenery couldn’t be recognized...
...Long Island, invented the uniquely American concept of scheduled joy, filling a day off with one appointment after another, as if it were no different from one at the office. American conservatives, meanwhile, came to believe that Europeans' desire to devote themselves to the pleasures of life and - the shame of it!--six weeks annual vacation was evidence of a lack of seriousness and would, in any event, end in economic tears...
...testimony he was actually in a state of some confusion." Because he had talked to Gilligan, "he thought he was responsible for this huge political firestorm, and he was thrust into a public world he'd never seen." His suicide, this official believes, was not an expression of shame, but the irrational conclusion of a depressed mind. The untimely death of a good man caught in a war between the government and the BBC - "someone who did more to get rid of WMDs in Iraq than Blair or Bush ever did," in the words of the official - ironically gives both...
...producer Ryan Murphy wants to put some of the shame back into plastic surgery. His drama Nip/Tuck (FX, starts July 22, 10 p.m. E.T.), about two plastic surgeons, one cynical and one idealistic, includes one of the most gruesome scenes outside pay cable: a tour-de-force facial reconstruction that includes a doctor whacking a chisel into a patient's nose. In part, Murphy sees Nip/Tuck as a counter to the bust-boosting boosterism of Extreme...
...There is a certain type of genuine interaction you can’t get from watching TV together, drinking or studying in your room,” he said. “I think it is a shame that the University has decided that we aren’t intelligent enough, old enough and responsible enough to use fireplaces...