Word: shaming
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...central tenet of their faith that only "celestial marriage" [polygamy] gains believers admission to the highest level of Heaven. (Upon reaching puberty, FLDS girls are required to marry, usually into the existing families of older men.) Furthermore, says Beall, the young women may harbor feelings of guilt and shame as victims now that they left what they have been taught to believe are the safe and sacrosanct confines of the FLDS community...
...concerns of Scorsese's docs reflect those of his fiction films: the yearning for roots, the twisted bonds of friendship, the lure of the forbidden, the appreciation of craftsmanship. The nonrock docs are such a crucial part of his artistic life, it's a shame they're not widely available. Where's an essential DVD when you need...
...torch of leadership is passed to Nora and me.” Though supporters of the museums lament the closures of the Fogg and Busch Reisinger, they add that 32 Quincy St. building is badly in need of repairs. “I think it’s a shame that a generation of students is going to lose access to that really great resource,” Kristina Ranalli ’10 says, “although the improvements are probably for the better.” HUAM spokesman Daron J. Manoogian notes that the building has structural...
...upon China, as tourists and television viewers from every country tune in. Hundreds of world leaders, including President Bush, will be in attendance. Medals will be won, records will be broken, and nations will rally around their Olympic heroes. But for democracies worldwide, it will be a moment of shame. By attending the Olympics, they will be tacitly endorsing China’s autocratic government, abuse of its own people, and its unsavory alliances. The United States should take a stand against China’s egregious behavior by boycotting the Olympic Games...
...smiling hosts. But after the Olympic flame is extinguished, and the victorious athletes return home, China will return to its abusive ways. Almost 75 years after our initial failure to stand against totalitarianism in the Olympics, we are about to be fall for the same trick. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame...