Word: embarrassment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...privately hope, legislators are somewhat less prone to showboating and somewhat more tired of the Patriot's continual pleas for a stadium. This may not be enough to assure the bill's defeat: Senate President Maurice Donahue may well decide to push hard for its passage, in order to embarrass Gov. Sargent - no friend of Donahue's - by forcing him to veto it or back down from his previous opposition to using eminent domain on Harvard Stadium...