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...sure, the Olympics have endured tragic and disastrous events in the past, such as the bombing in Atlanta and the massacre in Munich. However, if the spirit of the games--the spirit of sportsmanship, courage and respect--cannot be destroyed by bombs or terror it would be a shame if it were corrupted by the very committee that purports to represent the Olympics...
...United House of Prayer across the street from the Apollo, Professor Cornel West - one of the nation's foremost authorities on race relations - and the Rev. Al Sharpton discussed Bradley's lukewarm reception during the debate. "He just doesn't have the delivery," noted Sharpton. "It's a shame," said West. David Dinkins, who was New York's first black mayor, told TIME Daily: "I like Bradley, he's a good person, but I have to support the man who's got the best chance of getting into the White House, and that's Al Gore...
...course, the worst manifestations occur when institutions or governments mandate it with phrases like "the national interest" (Kennedy kept journalists silent with that trick) or with loyalty oaths. During the McCarthy shame, graduate students were required to sign loyalty oaths when they applied for government grants. A dean at Harvard defended this practice as being merely pro forma--of no greater significance than licking the stamps on the application envelopes. At a faculty meeting, the great Italian scholar Renato Poggioli stood up and commented, "Mr. Dean, I am from Fascist Italy, and I will tell you something. First you licka...
...departed bandleader's impetus. On this solo effort, Hutchence is a veritable vocal chameleon, at times crooning dead on impressions of U2 lead singer Bono's scratchy, unearthly vocals (who ironically provides backup vocals on one track) and others growling with enough intensity to put a pit bull to shame...
...anonymous millionaire (all we know about him is he's old, rich and quite desperate). Tasteless, tacky, totally trashy--but also semi-entertaining and amusing. But somewhere around 9:05 p.m., the show stopped being funny. I wanted to just scream out over and over, "Do you have any shame! Children are watching this! I'm going to call your mother!" (Then again, I suspect that all the contestants' mothers were in the audience, armed with cameras and Kleenex in case her daughter got married...