Word: embarrassingly
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...political issues as if they were not political issues at all, but simply questions of personality and efficient administration. "I will never tell a lie," Carter avows with metronome-like regularity. "I will never make a misleading statement. I won't avoid a controversial issue. I promise never to embarrass you. If I ever do any of these things, then you shouldn't support me. I don't deserve your support...
...incurious about the foreign accounts of some companies that were later found to have made payoffs; they would have an incentive to look harder if they knew they might be accused of helping the company to conceal a crime. Successful prosecutions of some American executives for bribery might even embarrass foreign governments into tightening up on the venal practices of their own businessmen...
...only possible effects of this article will be to embarrass the doctor involved and to encourage the administration to tighten regulations concerning medical excuses. No one stands to benefit from either of these...
...last-minute addition to the Soviet speed skating team, took the 1,500-meter race. The favored figure-skating duo, Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev, though performing slightly off their usually impeccable form, easily won the gold medal. Also, the juggernaut Russian hockey team beat but did not embarrass a youthful American squad...
...Soviet teams can embarrass most clubs in the National Hockey League, imagine the scores their All-Star aggregate will run up against amateur opponents in Innsbruck. Alexander Yakushev is the best left wing in the world, says Bobby Hull, and Goal Tender Vladislav Tretiak has proved he is unsurpassed at stopping shots. Why bother holding the tournament...