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King supporters feel the media is hounding the new administration and Murphy agrees, noting that the commission may signal an end to the witchhunt. "The press is trying to embarrass people," Murphy states. "It seems to be a legitimate electronic press and print media attempt to chase around people like public officials, but we'll try to protect against that." Secretary of State Michael Connolly, another strong proponent of the ethics statute, agrees with Murphy, adding "The press ought to address the question of ethics for themselves...
They would not have allowed the Iranian economy to be degraded and foreign goods to be imported without customs duties . . . They would not have allowed the parliament to be degraded to its present state . . . They would not have allowed boys and girls to embarrass one another and call it dancing . . . They would not have allowed males and females to go to school to gether . . . They would not have allowed innocent girls to be placed under the hands of men teachers in schools . . They would have punched the government in the mouth They would have prevented the American experts from taking...
Long-range financial forecasts can embarrass anyone-even so savvy a money manager as Benjamin Franklin. Eager to demonstrate that a penny saved is indeed a penny earned, Ben at his death in 1790 left a bit less than $9,000 in trust for 200 years to the cities of Boston and Philadelphia; he directed that it be loaned to "young married artisans" who had finished apprenticeships and were setting up their own businesses. Interest on the loans, he predicted would build up the funds to $18 million...
...irks the White House most is the fact that the dispute became public. Though HUD officials deny that they leaked the memo, Carter's aides were incensed. Said one: "The job of a Secretary is to defend positions taken by a President, rather than publish something that will embarrass the President...
ALTHOUGH the new Student Assembly has met only a few times, certain characteristics of the body are becoming readily apparent. Most noticeably, its caution. The reasons for this caution vary, but many representatives say it stems from a fear that the assembly will embarrass itself by trying to do too much, too soon. Representatives say they want to avoid the predicament President Carter found himself in after a year in office, having initiated a dozen reforms while having completed few; they want to learn their way around the University bureaucracy, carefully investigate what kind of substantive reforms the assembly...