Word: shamings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...guide readers who might want to see a movie for a reason other than that a barrage of 30-sec. commercials told them to. Critical praise for Little Miss Sunshine and Pan's Labyrinth launched those films into the public conversation. Indeed, the reader feedback I get is less "Shame on you for dumping on that megahit" and more "Thanks for championing that 'little film' I might have missed...
...group trumps the individual. "It's a notion of collective responsibility," says Mike Breen, the author of The Koreans. When a Korean does something wonderful, the country rejoices, but when one of its own goes off the rails, like Cho Seung-Hui, there's a collective sense of shame and burden. So much so that South Korea's Ambassador to the U.S., Lee Tae Shik, pledged to fast for 32 days to show his sorrow today. "I can smell a collective sense of guilt," says Lim Jie-Hyun, a history professor at Hangyang University in Seoul. "There is confusion...
...bottle of wine-not in the walk-in cabinet itself, but at a large communal dining table just outside, where vintages beckon from wall-mounted racks. (Should you be up for a real debauch, this space can be hired as a private dining venue.) However, it would be a shame not to head back to the Press Room for its superior seafood platters and steaks. I was just able to tear myself away for the latter, but afterwards worked through two cheeseboards that Siegel had thoughtfully prepared, plus the two half-glasses of wine that were the sum total...
Moyo seemed to realize he was working for the bad guys. "The country is ruined," he said one day. Shame fueled his need for respect. He was haunted by the prospect of someday being called to account for the abuses he has overseen. "You cannot say anything against me," he would say. Mugabe's greatest trick is to make sure people fear him more than they hate him, and hate themselves most...
...studying to be a physician?s assistant at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. DeBusk was a theater major on scholarship at Birmingham-Southern College. Said Connie Lawley, treasurer of Old Union Baptist Church, "You want to see justice served but at the same time, it's a shame they've ruined their lives...