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Ironically, for all the present sensitivity over correctness, we seem to have lost our sense of shame as a society. Nothing seems to embarrass us; nothing shocks us anymore. Spend time switching channels on daytime television, and you will find a parade of talk shows serving up dysfunctional people whose morally vacant behavior offers the worst possible models for others. None of this mass voyeurism is more offensive to me than the use of black "guests" by talk-show producers, reinforcing the most demeaning racial stereotypes. At least in the old days of Amos 'n' Andy, Amos was happily married...
Marius' review was followed by a flurry of angry letters. And the prospect that the review could embarrass the vice president--or alienate constituents--was apparently enough to get Marius...
...that the Clintons were obsessed with preventing their tax records and other financial information from falling into unfriendly hands. At the time hardly anyone knew about Whitewater or Hillary Clinton's lucrative commodities trades, and no federal probe of the Clintons' finances was under way. Republicans believe they can embarrass the White House if they can prove--or even assert--that Thomases and the Clintons wanted it to stay that way. Combative, self-important and funny, Thomases, 51, met the Clintons in the 1970s and served as their scheduler in the 1992 campaign. Declining a job in the White House...
...similar measure. Although support for the resolution was high,TIME World Editor James Collinssays the vote was chiefly an expression of dissatisfaction with President Clinton's Bosnia policy, and may not be veto-proof. "If it comes right down to it, a lot of Democrats will switch rather than embarrass their president." Under the plan, the embargo would be lifted after withdrawal of U.N. troops now on the ground or within 12 weeks of a request by the Bosnian government...
...prospect that this review could embarrass the vice president--or alienate some of his constituents--was apparently enough to get Marius...