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Does the sun rise in the east? Will Kanye West embarrass himself on national TV? Like all things pre-ordained, you could have declared Akpan the 2009 Ivy Player of the Year in his freshman year. After a good, but not great, season (by his standards) last year, Akpan has never looked so determined than he has this season. 11 points in four games (Four goals, three assists), Akpan looks motivated to finally get the Crimson into the sweet six and perhaps further while racking up individual accolades in the process...
...mother embarrassed me every day, it felt like, with her assertiveness. Anytime she spoke up for herself, I wanted to throw myself under a bus. It took years, but I finally realized that my own ability to assert my needs had come from watching her. I joke with parents and say, Embarrass your daughters as often as you can - you are giving them a real script to use when they are ready to use it. My No. 1 advice to moms is, What picture does your daughter see when she looks at you? Does she see a woman...
Ratigan, Dylan • belief of that it would be hilarious to embarrass unsuspecting guest Jonathan Capehart by broadcasting footage of him gobbling down a bagel in the few moments he had to eat before appearing on the MSNBC show of is not shared by Capehart's mother Margaret, who calls in two days later to read the riot act - "My son is not a clown, O.K.? ... he's not a clown, he's not a kid at a birthday party where you take pictures and show the family, you know; this is national TV, and I really didn't appreciate...
Basta Mr. Berlusconi: grow up or go away! Italians deserve an adult leader who does not embarrass us with testosterone-driven behavior. I completely disagree with Severgnini that Berlusconi "embodies his country's attributes perfectly." The world can rest assured: Italians are better than Mr. B. in more ways than I can count. Federico Demi, PISA, ITALY...
...first book, I tried very hard to not deal with any of my mother's emotional problems because I knew that they would embarrass her. She wasn't alive anymore, but still she was there in my head. But my editor said that I had to. I thought, "Well, hey, it's a memoir. All right. I'll confess she was bipolar." I felt bad about it. But you have to tell the truth and let the chips fall where they're going or not be a writer...