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Supporters of regime change in Iraq may be tempted to call the behavior of French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder embarrassing??€”but then, this is the U.N., where the bar for embarrassment is seemingly raised higher every day. Indeed, with Libya assuming the chairmanship of its Human Rights Commission, the U.N. has already slid beyond parody. That commission also includes such freedom-loving stalwarts as Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Syria, China, Vietnam, Sudan and Zimbabwe. How does one caricature an organization that allows some of the world’s most brutal, repressive dictatorships to lecture...
...players during a scrimmage. While the details of the incident remain sketchy at best, the reality is Clarkson saw fit to let go of a coach who had steered the Golden Knights to 10 NCAA appearances in 14 years. There are worse—or at least more embarrassing??€”problems to have than losing...
Typical Saturday night: This is so embarrassing??€”going to final clubs. I’m really pathetic, but I always end up at one of them. I try to branch out, but I can?...
While Ambrose acknowledged his mistakes, he weakly defended his overall methods, protesting that he included a footnote to the works he used and even praised the works in the text. While his acts were disappointing, it is even more disappointing—as well as embarrassing??€”to listen to his pathetic excuses. No one should be able to undermine the hard work of another by taking the easy way out and passing it off as his or her own. Ambrose should have marked direct quotations in his book, or at the very least made the reader aware that...
...Cincinnati Bengals last week. Indisputably, the Bengals have been the worst team in the National Football League over the past five years. No matter how poorly the Pats finish the season, the team cannot be any worse than it is at this moment. Losing to the Bengals is embarrassing??€”two weeks ago, it may have even been called tragic...