Word: embarrassments
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...directed by Ulu Grosbard, is a two-hander about the edgy relationship of show-biz sibs. Georgia (Mare Winningham) sings pop; she's famous and sensible, a caring mom and sister. Sadie (Leigh) sings barroom rock and thinks the way to be Janis Joplin is to do drugs, embarrass herself onstage and lurch toward an early, ugly death. At the mike, in the van, at the airport, she goes self-destructively, picturesquely nuts...
...overwhelming victory that should embarrass other politicians who cavalierly throw around the word landslide, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein won a 99.96% approval rating from Iraqi voters and was sworn in for another seven-year term. Even in the once rebellious city of Karbala, not one of the 270,867 cast a vote against Saddam. Of course, there were no other candidates on the ballot, and soldiers were on hand to make sure voters did the right thing...
Pomp and ceremony embarrass her, even after six years in the lime-light following her 1989 Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for the Heidi Chronicles, a New York Drama Critics Circle Prize, and numerous other accolades. For "An Evening with Wendy," the Gingham armchairs and end-table supplied by Harvard's Office for the Arts were far more fitting than the usual lectern setting of her speaking tour...
...resubmitted the report and got an expedited review, but in the meantime, Angle says, the county chose a newly available cellular service and blamed the BLM for taking too long. "You've got to understand local politics," says Angle, a self-described conservative Republican. "Dick Carver would love to embarrass the BLM as much...
...they didn't. Apparently, the students abandoned any rational purpose in order to indulge in their fun little games and embarrass themselves in the process. In a class devoted to debating liberal and conservative opinions in American political thought, the "protest" was more remarkable for its anti-intellectualism than its contribution to any real social cause...