Word: embarrassments
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...conservative backlash. Since February, the conservative judiciary has closed down the pro-reform press, imprisoning a number of journalists and other prominent liberals. The Council of Guardians has also dragged its feet on ratifying the reformist win in 30 Tehran constituencies, while the conservative judiciary has also sought to embarrass Khatami's efforts to repair relations with the West by charging 13 Jews with spying for Israel in a trial that appears to owe more to Stalin and the Spanish Inquisition than to anything approximating due process...
While Jordan's 20 points overall weren't that impressive, his ball-handling and off-the-ball movement showed why he is the best player in the Ivy League. On one sequence in the second half, he made several ankle-breaking crossover dribbles to embarrass Harvard defenders. While Sullivan made sure his players always kept two eyes on Jordan, the Penn offense set screens and picks to set him free. Once he had the ball, he showed off his experience, either on crisp entry passes or forays into the lane...
...kids were working so hard and they're doing the best they can--we don't want to go out there and make some sort of statement and embarrass anyone," Stone said. "We wanted to move the puck and we felt we could work on some things without having to score all the time...