Word: shamings
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...individual groups into a coherent force for recognition. “[Dance groups] schedule with no respect for the other groups,” says Dakin. “Quite frankly, the division is extremely detrimental. The basic field is the basic field. It’s a shame that all the dancers don’t share something.”Nevertheless, she says she does her part, in the classroom and on the stage, to give them all something to think about. Dakin literally embodies history, but with an intensity that makes it impossible to ignore.Bergmann is enthusiastic...
...shame this is the standard reaction we have to our problems. And the even greater shame? That such foolishness had to distract us, me included, from the tragic end of a life that held so much promise...
...this debacle did not sufficiently shame the UC’s negotiating skills, the Petersen-Sundquist administration reserved the coup de grâce for a larger audience. Standing opposite an audience of students, faculty, and alumni on that soggy October day, Petersen delivered a shameful harangue, condescending to University President Drew G. Faust upon her installation and demanding that the “denial of student citizenship” end immediately...
...white Americans that gives whites the benefit of the doubt: I will not rub America's history of racism in your face, if you will not hold my race against me. Especially in our era of political correctness, whites are inevitably grateful for this bargain that spares them the shame of America's racist past. They respond to bargainers with gratitude, warmth, and even affection. This "gratitude factor" can bring the black bargainer great popularity. Oprah Winfrey is the most visible bargainer in America today...
...teacher be executed following her conviction on charges of blasphemy. Gibbons was sentenced to 15 days in prison; she had faced a maximum of 40 lashes or a year in prison under Sudan's legal code, which is based on British law but modified to include sharia punishments. Chanting, "Shame, shame on the U.K.," the demonstrators quickly turned on a handful of British reporters, who were forced to flee...