Word: embarrassed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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These members of the University who have been sometimes embarrassed upon being asked by visitors as to the location of the principal points of interest about Cambridge, and those visitors who have no students whom they have a right to embarrass, may perhaps find the following brief guide of University Cambridge of some convenience...
...Responsible statesmen must now everywhere see, if they never saw before, that no peace can rest securely upon political or economic restrictions meant to benefit some nations and cripple or embarrass others...
Among a small body of so-called citizens there has been a systematic attempt to embarrass the Government by raising the cry: "What are we fighting for?" To these few as well as the Germans, the President has given a definite reply; his fourteen demands are clear and to the point and they, combined with Lloyd George's aims, as outlined in his last speech to the trade unionists, explain the Allied cause...
...purpose of the investigation of the War Department by the Senate Military Affairs Committee does not, seek to embarrass particular people or the take political revenge on anyone. Consequently we are surprised that so much flippant hinting and so many sly finger-pointings should have appeared in the American press. We are glad that the investigation will be held; it will be a means of prosecuting thin war with greater success. But rejoicing because political opponents are to be publicly scored is out of place at this time. In any crisis, national unity is preserved with difficulty. This task becomes...
...moral effect upon the Central Powers is certain to work against peace. The extremists, led by Hindenburg, Ludendorf and Mackensen, will inevitably regain the upper hand, Austria will revive in courage, and as a corollary, the discontented elements in the allied nations will make use of this opportunity to embarrass their governments. The immediate future seems black indeed; only constructive statesmanship of the first order can counter the discouragement and distress. But if the justice and unselfishness of our cause is sufficiently felt, then defeat should serve as a stimulus to greater sacrifices, and eventual success. To give this message...