Word: embarrassing
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...Start with defense. A president who was publicly concerned about the state of military readiness will not hesitate to spend whatever is necessary to make sure his military does not embarrass him in whatever form of retaliation he chooses to wage. "Homeland defense" has been a miniscule expenditure in the pre-Tuesday world; it will not be anymore. And the formation of a government agency to deal specifically with the threat of terrorism - more intelligence, increased airport security, stiffer checks at U.S. borders - seems imminent, and it will have to have a budget big enough to impress...
...Castro does attend, Elian's presence would also expand his ability to embarrass President Bush, who owes a substantial political debt to Florida's anti-Castro activist community. The President will have a hard enough time dodging a potentially uncomfortable encounter with the Cuban leader, who managed to buttonhole President Clinton at a U.N. event last Fall. But Elian's presence would intensify the media focus on the event, making attendance more even more uncomfortable for President Bush with some of his core constituencies. On the other hand, allowing a Cuban propaganda stunt to keep him away from a conference...
...strongman had been a banker before he became president, and prides himself on his command of English). His performance on Tuesday suggests he plans to do his best to turn his trial into a political tribunal of his nemeses, and he'll almost certainly do his utmost to embarrass the Western powers who at different points in the '90s treated him variously as the guarantor of Balkan stability and the fount of Balkan instability...
...have always been an opportunistic journalist. by "opportunistic," I mean willing to embarrass myself in whatever way it takes to make sure I have the biggest byline in the magazine. I'm not sure what I mean by "journalist." So when I read that Sony Pictures created the persona of David Manning of the Ridgefield Press in order to quote him in its ads for The Animal and A Knight's Tale, I shook my head in disgust, knowing that this is valuable free press I should be getting. I also felt bad for Mark and Jonathan Schumann, who really...
...have always been an opportunistic journalist. by "opportunistic," I mean willing to embarrass myself in whatever way it takes to make sure I have the biggest byline in the magazine. I'm not sure what I mean by "journalist." So when I read that Sony Pictures created the persona of David Manning of the Ridgefield Press in order to quote him in its ads for The Animal and A Knight's Tale, I shook my head in disgust, knowing that this is valuable free press I should be getting. I also felt bad for Mark and Jonathan Schumann, who really...