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Word: embarrassment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cleaning up, Captain Jeff Weigand played Amherst student George McGovern. It wasn't enough that Amherst provided the South Dakotan Senator with Tom Eagleton the only vice-presidential candidate forced off a ticket in history, now they torture him by giving his namesake a squash racket and watching him embarrass himself in public...

Author: By Brian D. Young, | Title: Harvard Racquetmen Ride Roughshod Over Amherst 'Lord Jeffs'; Sweep 9-0 | 12/10/1975 | See Source »

RESTIC: Carried away, now that's putting it mildly. Not only did you thoroughly embarrass your host, me, but you ruined the party for all of the other guests, and they paid a good deal more than you for the privilege of attending...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Savoir-Faire | 11/13/1975 | See Source »

...Kissinger's congressional critics and outside experts like former Under Secretary of State George Ball, who argued that Kissinger's step-by-step approach hindered an overall peace settlement more than it helped. Nonetheless, Ball urged Congress to approve the accord, since to vote it down would embarrass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MIDDLE EAST: The Spirit of the Sinai Settlement | 10/20/1975 | See Source »

...indeterminate present, The Final Fire posits a New York City that is almost as crisis-ridden as the real one. Hoping to embarrass the mayor, his opponent in an upcoming election, the Governor dangles a sinecure before the city fire fighters' union president. The asking price: a smoke eaters' strike. Although his men vote to stay on the job without a contract, their leader calls a work stoppage anyway. A holocaust follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Some Like It Hot | 9/22/1975 | See Source »

...political gathering held on the home turf of Uganda's dictatorial President Idi Amin Dada was bound to be a bit bizarre. The twelfth annual summit of the Organization of African Unity in Kampala last week easily lived up-or down-to expectations. "I will not embarrass you because of the confidence you have shown in me," "Big Daddy" promised as he became OAU chairman for the coming year. Nonetheless President Amin-who had generously promoted himself to the rank of field marshal for the occasion-proceeded to put on a divertissement that could not fail to embarrass delegates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Big Daddy: The Perfect Host | 8/11/1975 | See Source »

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