Word: embarrassments
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...Social Democratic opposition as well as some dissidents within Erhard's own coalition sought to use the resignations to embarrass the Chancellor. They demanded that Von Hassel be fired...
...certain to win, since the balloting will take place in Congress where the government party has a large majority. MODEBRAS demands direct nationwide balloting for the presidency, but ARENA is not yet prepared to put its popularity to such a test. As a result, the opposition has decided to embarrass Castello Branco by refusing to enter a presidential candidate. Says one MODEBRAS member: "Any sort of opposition candidacy would help the government present itself, particularly abroad, as what...
...telling personal victory for Kennedy, who in one stroke managed to 1) embarrass both Tammany and the Republicans, 2) burnish his liberal image, and 3) consolidate his personal power in the state to the point where he can now hand-pick the Democratic candidate for Governor...
...imagine that James B. Meriwether, the fine Southern critic who edited this collection of William Faulkner's Essays, Speeches, and Public Letters, originally envisioned a tiny, undramatic book where scholars would have easy access to these trivial works of a great author. A volume, in short, which would least embarrass poor Faulkner. Something which could be hidden be-beneath the stacks in Widener. Instead, Random House saw fit to publish this material in fairly glamorous form, with 233 pages of fine paper and large print. In this setting, such pieces as Faulkner's 1935 review of a book entitled Test...
...Seriously," Lewis added, "we are not going to be vicious or try to embarrass our guest. By agreeing to come up to Boston for one afternoon she has already showed that she is quite a good sport...