Word: stung
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...feature common to both magazines, however, was their extreme caution in handling their respective scoops. Stung, perhaps, by the derision it drew after it fell for a hoax in publishing the so-called Hitler Diaries two years ago, Stern downplayed its pictures of the old man in Brazil. On its cover the magazine ran its standard topless beauty, and it held its press run to the usual 1.6 million copies...
...first act provides some excellent entertainment as we laugh at WASPs stung by their own hypocrisy and caught in the next of tradition. The actors are adept at quickly setting up their character moods, which is especially important in these short scenes...
...Hussein has refrained from criticizing the Mubarak scheme. The Jordanian monarch, who was vacationing in Europe last week, is scheduled to meet with Mubarak in Egypt this week. Still stung by the rejection of the 1982 Reagan Middle East peace plan by Israel and much of the Arab world, U.S. officials remain skeptical that the Egyptian President can bring together the Israelis, Jordanians and Palestinians, with or without the P.L.O.'s blessing. Nonetheless, State Department officials look forward to discussing both Mubarak's plan and the Hussein-Arafat accord with the Egyptian President when he visits Washington early next week...
...committee that he found the ethics office's reasoning "incredible," "unbelievable" and . "frightening." Said Cox about Meese: "I still don't think he understands the appropriate moral standards." Still, it was Delaware Democrat Joseph Biden, once considered a possible Meese ally in the Senate committee, whose words most sharply stung the nominee. Declared Biden: "The Attorney General of the United States is supposed to be a beacon, a citadel of what young lawyers should aspire to. This office requires a higher standard, and you have demonstrated to me in your responses that you're not willing or able to step...
Sooner or later, every Administration is stung or embarrassed by leaks of classified information to the press, denounces them as damaging to national security and vows to find those responsible. But supposing it does catch the leakers. What can it do to them? Fire or demote them, perhaps, but not fine or jail them--or so it has always been assumed. While the U.S. has specific laws governing dissemination of highly sensitive material (atomic secrets, identities of covert agents), there are no statutes comparable to Britain's Official Secrets Act, generally making all types of unauthorized disclosure of information...