Word: embarrassing
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...would athletes think they could get away with such behavior? Perhaps because most players assigned to entertain recruits are given few good-conduct rules beyond not to embarrass themselves or the school. Strippers and sex are apparently not something to be embarrassed about. The owner of Hardbodies Entertainment told the Rocky Mountain News it has sent strippers on request to Colorado recruiting parties...
...Tenet cited the NIE, insisting, "Analysts differed on several important aspects of these programs, and those debates were spelled out in the estimate." The panel wants to see whether the caveats were included in the summary the White House got. If they were specified but ignored, the memo could embarrass Bush. If they weren't, it could embarrass Tenet. Either way, the memo could fuel the controversy swirling around how the White House made its case for going to war with Iraq--and could drive a wedge between Bush and the CIA director, whom the President has so far stood...
...asks Dishman, his mind whirling, "and about 80% of incontinence cases could be solved with timed voiding [that is, encouraging someone to use the toilet before a problem occurs]. The big question"--the question Dishman is hoping to answer--"is, How do you design intelligent reminders that don't embarrass people and that help them live better lives...
Democrats who feel emboldened by weaknesses in the administration are right to look forward to developments in 2004 like the special prosecutor investigation of the CIA leak from the White House, or a forthcoming report by the 9/11 commission that will likely embarrass the President. But those who count on it to bring down the administration are urinating on the wrong tree...
...palatial, late 19th century building, Milan's latest hotel was designed by Ed Tuttle of Amanresorts fame. Visitors will pass through a lobby covered by a 9-m-high glass dome-enabling natural daylight to flood inside-before encountering an environment with enough untrammeled opulence to embarrass a Saudi prince. Travertine stone has been lavishly used throughout the building, underscoring a design palette of soaring columns, heavy silk, walnut-backed banquettes and granite urns...