Word: embarrassing
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...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 used throughout the building, underscoring a design palette of soaring columns, heavy silk, walnut-backed banquettes and granite urns. Guest rooms come with all mod cons expected by the cashed-up jet-setter, and bathrooms are the same generous size as the bedrooms - a lovely touch...
...part, this is because Chretien had started to embarrass Canadians. A consummate insider who overstayed his welcome, he turned Canada into a sort of benevolent cronyship and at times seemed quite happy to tick off Canada's neighbor to the south. Chretien and Bill Clinton got along fine; Chretien and George W. Bush did not. Canada stayed out of the Iraq war, an aide of Chretien's said Bush was a "moron" and a Liberal Member of Parliament referred to Americans as "bastards" with no public rebuke from the Prime Minister. Last May Bush canceled a long-planned trip...
Industry insiders call it Bunim/Murray University for all the entry-level production assistants and tape loggers it has graduated to big-time gigs. And with reality shows still booming, the production company that makes The Real World and Road Rules--and will further embarrass Paris Hilton in Fox's new The Simple Life--needs more talent than ever. Assistants at Bunim/Murray Productions are gofers, but banality begets opportunity. While chauffeuring company co-founder Mary-Ellis Bunim to the airport four years ago, Benjamin Greenberg told her that he wanted to write screenplays. Bunim recommended a book, and the pair discussed...
...part, this is because Chretien had started to embarrass Canadians. A consummate insider who overstayed his welcome, he turned Canada into a sort of benevolent cronyship and at times seemed quite happy to tick off Canada's neighbor to the south. Chretien and Bill Clinton got along fine; Chretien and George W. Bush did not. Canada stayed out of the Iraq war, an aide of Chretien's said Bush was a "moron" and a Liberal Member of Parliament referred to Americans as "bastards" with no public rebuke from the Prime Minister. Last May Bush canceled a long-planned trip...
...ever there was one, unleashed a mammoth 71-yard touchdown run barely three minutes into the game, finding a huge hole in the Dartmouth defense and flat outrunning a Big Green defender to give Harvard an early lead. It was the sort of play that was supposed to embarrass the opposition and give the Crimson an instant advantage...