Word: shames
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Some recipient tack these letters to a "wall of shame" and go forth boldly. Others promptly get on the phone to put themselves on a waiting list or pull whatever strings it's not too late to pull. The majority of us, however, react the way any normal person would to the news that we're not wanted: we tear the letters into shreds or bury them deep in our desk drawers, and hang out heads for at least the remainder of the day. No matter if there is a official explanation-- "I'm only a sophomore and they asked...
...same testament, he settles his score with the German people. He wants them to be sacked, destroyed, reduced to misery and shame for having failed him by denying him his glory. The former corporal become commander in chief of all his armies and convinced of his strategic and political genius was not prepared to recognize his own responsibility for the defeat of his Reich...
Clearly he has some sense of shame about his recreational pass-time. He offers explanations, however. "When it gets warm out, they start taking off the layers," he enthuses. "It's a great time--" his praise of female summer clothing is cut short by the appearance of a woman in a skirt and tank-top walking briskly down the sidewalk...
Wink professes to be a "closet gossip-monger" when it comes to the activities of her dormmates. "The best is when you catch someone on a quasi-walk-of-shame. When it's still dark out, but you can just tell that they are all flushed and touseled from, you know, hooking...
...once wore pantyhose to school after some guys on our swim team refused to shave their legs for a championship meet, victims of the same ingrained homophobia and fear of femininity. I can't remember the logic behind it, but we were sure that by doing so we'd shame them into shaving...