Word: embarrassing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hold back when it comes to pouring on the praise and showing physical affection. There is no evidence that adolescents are harmed by having parents who are unabashedly loving--as long as you don't embarrass them in front of their friends...
Rivers took it out on the golf ball, not the players. In today's game, screamers like Bob Knight earn more enmity than respect. According to both coaches and stress experts, volcanoes shouldn't be welcome in the white-collar world either. "Every time you embarrass a player on the sideline or in a huddle, it's a mistake," says Jim O'Brien, who quit as Boston Celtics coach in January after new general manager Danny Ainge traded away several of his favorite players. "You have to be man enough to apologize." That doesn't mean...
...have to, at least for a while. Anthony has already signed a contract for next season. And after that? "As long as I can sing and don't embarrass myself or the Met," says Anthony, "I'll sing...
...must’ve done something to displease the hockey gods, because your next opponent is an absolute tactical nightmare. For them, Objective No. 1 is to make you mess up, and Objective No. 1(a) is to embarrass you in the process. They choke off play in the neutral zone so tightly that you feel like you’re playing in a bathtub...
...thought it was a really entertaining and carefree event,” Mahan said. “I am happy to embarrass myself a little if it does something to improve social life on campus...