Word: embarrassed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DADDY'S BOY Bush's name may be his greatest asset, but opponents, both Republicans and Democrats like Al Gore, are preparing to embarrass George "Dubbuya" by wheeling out George Senior at every turn. "You know he was never really one of us" will be the refrain of conservatives, who count the elder's failed promise of "no new taxes" in 1988 as one of the greatest betrayals in Republican Party history. They will also compare George W.'s warm relations with Texas Democrats to his father's "accommodationist" approach toward the other party on Capitol Hill. And they...
WASHINGTON: Forget collateral damage for just a moment -- the war in Kosovo can cause collateral goodies too, thanks to the war-within-a-war over Kosovo on Capitol Hill. Republicans are in such a hurry to embarrass their draft-dodging President next week by approving $13 billion in military spending when Clinton asked for only $6 billion, they're ready to settle up another tab: $2.4 billion, mostly aid to Central America for the victims of Hurricane Mitch...
Campaign members have protested, leafleted and tried to publicly embarrass the administration but have succeeded only in winning the appointment of an advisory Faculty Committee, with no formal executive powers...
Even George, at one time, wouldn't have approved of George. Commenting on Dick Morris' memoirs, George said, "You have a responsibility not to embarrass the President. It hurts the country. It's just stupidity and weakness." That sentiment may have held Stephanopoulos back. He may have been disloyal enough to take nearly $3 million to write the book, but something kept him from stripping Clinton bare. And so he may lose twice--damned for being disloyal and damned for not being disloyal enough to truly spill the beans...
...window. Rumor had it if you went to the family and were in their living room, that she would appear at the top of the stairs and shout "More bread or I'll appear," and they'd run up and feed her rather than have her come down and embarrass them. So this is a story we were always told and we loved it as kids. When my parents had guests we would stand at the top of the stairs and shout "More bread or we'll appear...