Word: embarrassment
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...spokesmen for its Iraq policy, the Bush Administration has encouraged Americans to believe Petraeus and Crocker are independent analysts who just happen to agree with their Commander in Chief. But Petraeus and Crocker would never purposely craft an itinerary that might cast doubt on the Administration's policies and embarrass their boss--or the man who shares his views, McCain...
...inches shorter, his dental records don't match Walter's, his teacher doesn't recognize him ... and he's been circumcised! When Christine presses her objections, Jones has her confined to the psychopathic ward of the Los Angeles Hospital, in the company of other women with the potential to embarrass the cops. ("If we're insane," says Amy Ryan as a prostitute subjected to electroshock therapy for her outspokenness, "nobody has to listen to us.") Her only ally is a preacher and radio crusader, Gustav Briegleb (John Malkovich), who sees Christine's case as another heinous example of the Police...
...even the Prime Minister's office was at one point under investigation-provided a field day for newspapers eager to give their readers something more than bland propaganda. Suddenly journalists were camped out at the homes of the accused, asking unauthorized questions and printing stories that they knew would embarrass the bureaucracy...
...Columbia University. Experts expect Fukuda will go no further than stressing the importance of a peaceable resolution. While Fukuda may be able to manage the dialogue on Taiwan, it will be harder to control the Japanese public. A rash of pro-Tibet demonstrations by the country's Buddhists could embarrass Hu, who has been trying to quell dissent over China's rule in Tibet in the run-up to the summer Olympics in Beijing. Noisy protests in Tokyo "would be impossible for Fukuda to ignore," says Curtis. "It would really throw a damper on the visit...
...nondemocratic culture. The Socialist Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, made the Dalai Lama and Hu Jia, a prominent Chinese dissident, honorary citizens of his city at the very moment French official envoys were in China to make nice. Though the mayor's move was designed to embarrass the French President as much as to express support for human rights, Chinese leaders spontaneously read it as a coordinated instance of French schizophrenia...