Word: embarrass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...creation of the Paris housewives' march on Versailles during the early days of the French Revolution in 1789. Last week's demonstration, dubbed "the March of the Empty Pots," was organized by the opposition Christian Democrat and National parties to publicize Chile's food shortages and embarrass Allende on the eve of visiting Cuban Premier Fidel Castro's departure. More than 5,000 Chilean women, dressed in simple cotton prints, minis and sleek pantsuits, headed for downtown Santiago, snarling traffic and filling the spring evening air with the sounds of banging pans, patriotic songs and chants...
...cease-fire began. Dissatisfied with U.S. peace efforts, the Egyptians hope to sway opinion in the U.N. General Assembly, where there is a built-in anti-Israel majority. Ideally, the Egyptians would like to achieve a U.N. vote for economic sanctions against Israel, and an arms embargo that would embarrass the U.S., Israel's largest supplier...
...Your writer uses a form of the word embarrass no fewer than four times in describing Cardinal Mindszenty [Oct. 11]. Perhaps the cardinal has become a diplomatic anachronism. But if we can smugly call a man who endured 23 years of confinement for his convictions an "embarrassment," perhaps we really deserve to be embarrassed more often...
Lost Legs. Glasser's chronicles begin at Zama, where the doctors were surrounded by adolescents whose bodies, for no purpose that they could fathom, had been suddenly mutilated. "They were worried," Glasser observed, "not about survival, but about how they would explain away their lost legs. Would they embarrass their families? Could they go to the beach and would their scars darken in the sun and offend the girls. Above all, and underlining all their cares, would anybody love them when they got back...
BROWN-PRINCETON--At least the Bruins can embarrass themselves away from the hometown fans this weekend. Gary Bonner will run for over 100 yards and Bob Zink may take the Ivy lead in total offenses, but the Bruina will continue to build upon their winless record. Princeton rolled over Penn last weekend. Brown will roll over this Saturday...