Word: shaming
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...When Clarke began his testimony before the 9/11 commission, he said the U.S. government, others entrusted with protecting Americans and he had failed our citizens. Your article noted that some people found Clarke's apology melodramatic, but I thought it was innately decent and human. There is no shame in fallible human beings admitting to mistakes. That sentiment isn't shared by politicians. It seems that sorry is not in the Bush White House's dictionary. David Estes Washington...
This is a shame, because case-hardened upperclass students know well the nature of the College’s introductory courses and Core courses. Such classes are often very large, and in several egregious cases like the survey course “Principles of Economics,” professors do not have office hours. The Core Curriculum itself, by herding together non-concentrators, creates a culture with the worst possible incentives: Students are by definition not excited about the subject, and professors suspect...
...ECAC tournament, positioning himself right up against the boards in the front row of the student section. A large posse of Jason Norman fans generates a surge of energy following each of his rim-rattling slam dunks that puts the rest of the crowd to shame...
...many ordinary Iraqis, for whom sadistic brutality was a regular feature of life under Saddam, the scenes in Fallujah provoked outpourings of shame over the mob's desecration of the dead. Because of the sheer savagery of the attack and the likelihood of U.S. retaliation, last week's massacre also heightened the sense of uncertainty about what comes next. The Bush Administration insists that it will hand over power to some form of interim Iraqi government by June 30. By then, the White House fervently hopes, coalition forces will have imposed sufficient order and made enough progress in Iraq...
Whatever the cause of SUI, shame is a common side effect, and it often stops women from seeking treatment. Brubaker guesses that 90% of her patients wait years before coming to see her. "They think this doesn't happen to anybody else but them," she says...