Word: shame
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...would be a shame to have airlines such as Scandinavian Airlines, Swissair, Air France, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines cut down on their high caliber of service (which is typical of European hospitality) in order for Pan American to compete successfully with their version of typical United States hospitality (TIME, April...
...seems a shame that Hermione should be so thwarted, that Mr. Dulles should be so mean, and that the United States should not have a single solitary Giant Panda, especially Hermione Esmerelda...
...Virgin Mary. Fidelman desperately attempts to fend him off, first with handouts, then with insults, but Susskind clings like chewing gum to a shoe: he pops up in a trattoria to spoil Fidelman's appetite by hungrily watching him eat; he stands shivering at his side to shame Fidelman for having warm clothing. Given four dollars, Susskind contemptuously counts the money, demands: "If four, then why not five?" Giotto forgotten. Fidelman is systematically robbed and humiliated, but learns what wise men have known for centuries: that a man is responsible for the life he saves...
...shame that your discussion of these issues includes offensive epithets against the sincere men whose ideas ought to be respected with clean debate...
...talked, Khrushchev made expensive gestures with his pudgy hands. "Now you people are sitting here thinking how Khrushchev is mistaken. You are sorry that poor Khrushchev is so misguided as to be a Communist. And I am thinking, what a shame for three such able people to be servants of capitalism. But you are convinced of your society, so peaceful co existence is the only alternative left to us. War means annihilation...