Haunted by their experiences as boat people escaping from Vietnam, the family is separated by guilt, shame and anger. |
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A shame since it includes the weapons, sabotage devices and other inventions which undoubtedly frustrated the German forces. |
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He appeals to a staunch, hard-core audience, and it would be a shame if they muzzle him. |
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I would like to shame the spineless, thieving moron who on April 5 stole my little girl's books from the toilets in Morrisons. |
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It's a shame to see they still haven't had the cop-on to sort out the ticketing system. |
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It is a shame though, that the event clashes with the All-Ireland Under-21 final. |
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It was just a shame last week's match against Coventry was rained off because they needed the run-out. |
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In particular, the workhouse was a shame that affected anyone tainted with its brush no matter what their birth. |
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You know it's a shame to be raised up in a world where there's nothing but fighting. |
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The only shame about it all was the fact only 280 people turned up on what was, granted, a pig of a day. |
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The kittens are absolutely adorable and it seems a shame that I can't get anyone to come out and take them away. |
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They believe these activities may violate their code of conduct and bring shame upon them. |
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Very often he is feeling guilt or shame or remorse for something he has done. |
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Each of us have tremendous angst and shame and heartache about our eating disorders on the show. |
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A shame though, as I've been listening to her most recent two albums an awful lot of late. |
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It is a country of freedom of speech, more or less, but the ignorance and the shame of the essay writer is unbearable. |
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What transpires is a downward spiral of shame and recriminations culminating in Veena being shunned by her family and turned out of the house. |
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It is a crying shame we couldn't all come together to avoid splitting the vote. |
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It's a shame that he's redefining his organisation to stop people hating him. |
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This worry has been on my mind all the time, it's a shame I did not say no right at the start. |
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It's a bit of a shame that mindless vandals have done this before a welcome opening. |
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It's a wraparound justification for a violence whose real end is the expiation of shame through massacre. |
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Mr Clarke's department admitted it was wrong to name and shame the city as somewhere that had not passed on government cash for schools. |
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Pressure last night mounted on the Government to end the shame of some former mineworkers crippled by coal dust being denied proper compensation. |
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A sampler in wool, embroidered by Mary aged ten in 1871, put us all to shame by the intricate work she had done. |
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George's mouth fell open, and I could instantly see the shame and regret written all over his face. |
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The behaviors of binging and then purging are often performed in secrecy, and are accompanied by alternate feelings of shame followed by relief. |
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It's a shame that she doesn't have that much to do in the film until the closing stages. |
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She wasn't home, and that was a shame because it would have added some zest to an otherwise rather dull story. |
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On the other hand, the report says, the boys in the militia mostly felt guilt and shame and are traumatized by their experience. |
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I'm not sure it ever got a wide distribution, which is a shame because it really deserved to be seen on a big screen. |
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They were a rich and important family, you see, and they couldn't stand to see any shame which could bring scandal for them. |
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He could understand the shame and guilt the brunette was feeling right now, and the feeling of complete loss. |
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What a shame there won't be room for it in this years' packed TV schedules. |
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It would seem a shame to turn down such a cunning manoeuvre without a compelling need. |
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It would be a great shame if teenage boys, in whose voice the story is told, were deterred by the girl's name in the title. |
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This would have been a shame for the people looking for Goran in the nuddy! |
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Sure, I'm not going anywhere, but still there is a sense of subtle shame in dressing like a bag lady even if no-one's looking. |
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But, given the strong feelings he stirred in Maoridom that led to this interview, it is a shame that he left us in the lurch without explanation. |
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In such a traditionally abstinent group, abuse of alcohol leads to shame and loss of traditional culture. |
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It is a shame to write with such abundant style and yet offer so little evidence of thought. |
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And so I think those are the emotions, the shame and guilt and the feeling of hypocrisy. |
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It's just a shame that they did not see fit to at least include a minimal amount of this information on the disc. |
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The disgraceful attitude of these officers brings shame and embarrassment to all. |
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It is a great shame that once again, council staff are in the firing line over sickness levels. |
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It is a shame that if Otley is portrayed as a quaint market town, the first port of call for locals and visitors doesn't say much for it. |
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It's always been a great shame for me to admit that I was as helpless and dependent on her as a child. |
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It's not helpful to shame people for their dialects, the sociolinguists seem to say. |
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If only you new the truth you would hang your head in shame at your ignorance and callous disregard for the suffering of your fellow Australians. |
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My writing style was a lot more fluid and readable in the dream too, shame I don't remember any of the actual words. |
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His entire statement had been quietly but firmly said in a state of shame and sadness, but this last line was full of adamancy. |
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To jolly things up Blighty made the joke about it being a shame more of the voters weren't undead, then Howard might have a chance. |
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Death threats, police escorts and a lifetime of shame are sadly the result of his honest mistake. |
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It's a shame that a match between two well matched sides like this has been ruined. |
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It seems a shame to waste his objectionableness by just rolling it into a general objection to America, but there we go. |
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Why, by contrast, would I be suffused with shame and self-disgust if I lifted an apple from a market vendor's stall? |
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I shook my head soundlessly, shame and horror and self-disgust combining in a wave to overpower me. |
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She uses shame like a battering ram that breaks down his self belief and confidence. |
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There's a sense of shame and self-preservation that you develop that lasts a long time. |
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It's a shame that United couldn't find anyone to put the ball in the net, because they had one of the league's fiercest defensive stoppers. |
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Along with embarrassment and guilt, shame is one of the emotions that motivate moral behaviour. |
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Pauline said today she feared that embarrassment and shame could be stopping Christine and Nicholas from contacting her. |
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The girl had had a nervous breakdown, she added, expressing shame and regret at her adolescent cowardice. |
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It was a shame to be there on an off night, but the upside was quick and friendly service from the bar staff. |
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Its a real shame that no one goes out on a Wednesday nite as the music is great and the doormen are delicious! |
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There wasn't much shame in that because I thought we competed hard in the four games and we were beaten by a better side. |
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I think we're often a bit harsh on people who don't perform, so that sense of shame stays with people. |
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He reads the game well, attacked with purpose and put many of his senior teammates to shame with a display which defied his years. |
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You see that I have no need to hide my name out of shame or some revolting paltry yellow-bellied fear of reprisal from my employers. |
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It would be a great shame if we ever had to lock our churches because of vandalism. |
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It's a shame that the sexual nature of the film cheapened the brilliant work here. |
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If you heap a person with so much shame that they can never see beyond that, it's not impossible they'll give up. |
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The great 40-ton bell in Liverpool cathedral tolled out our shame and sadness. |
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It seems a shame to dump this waste on landfill where it causes problems instead of recycling and reusing it. |
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This is a true shame because the real message of the film is to go out and gather information yourself. |
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Simply by being true to his sexual nature, he risked public shame and possible imprisonment. |
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But please, if you're going to dispense with shame or modesty, at least display a modicum of intelligence. |
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The strategy seems to be to shame people into conforming to the official anti-racist etiquette. |
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It would be a shame to lose your new friendship because you don't agree with the things your friend's OH does. |
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However, if the intention was to shame him then it failed because my friend told me it seemed to run off him like water off a duck's back. |
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It would be a shame if I let my own carelessness ruin other people's efforts to do good by recycling. |
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He's a truly talented bloke and it's such a shame that nobody who matters has picked up on his brilliance. |
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The site makes the list of shame for potential risk to public health and to the environment. |
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While there is plenty there, it's a shame that's its not upgradeable, or you can't use the phone as a storage device. |
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He was, in fact, a charlatan, a mountebank, a zany without any shame or dignity. |
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It's so rare I buy new clothes it seems a shame to put them straight in the cupboard. |
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At one time, any hostess getting ready for a dinner party would blush for shame to think that she had bought her meal from a supermarket. |
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It would be a crying shame if the carnival disappeared all because of the fear of what might happen. |
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Although the fines are not particularly onerous, the shame of being publicly labelled a flopper might be an effective deterrent. |
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Still a shame they close at midnight since we usually reach the party peak at 11 pm ish. |
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It's just a shame he's inherited such a bunch of jobsworth twerps underneath him. |
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You'd think some shred of conscience, honesty or shame would at least limit the pure blatantness. |
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I hung my head in shame and bought three extra sessions with the personal trainer immediately. |
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The realization that they all had blind spots and shame issues within their cultural and familial heritage was both comforting and disconcerting. |
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Far from exhibiting any shame over his actions, W had asked the headman's son to write on his behalf to all the chiefs in defence of his actions. |
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It is to my eternal shame that I am absent-minded and occasionally a blithering idiot. |
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It's a shame because the fans suffer as the league homogenizes into one indiscernible parity-filled blob. |
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The kind of body art they practise would shame the youngsters who adorn themselves with primitive attempts at aping the tribals. |
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A shame my heretofore undiscovered virility didn't stop my neighbour from not having time for coffee due to playing soccer at four today. |
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In light of this, it was a shame to learn that the resort is struggling with financial difficulties. |
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It's a shame that his character is underused, since his performance is a quietly engaging one. |
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If a particular outfit moves you, then you put your hands together without shame or hesitation. |
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I think they've got an undeserved reputation, and I think it's a shame to see what's happening with them. |
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On seeing me, she wailed mournfully with a mixture of imploration to get her down and shame at her undignified predicament. |
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They will look away in shame as the one-legged man outdrinks the whole party. |
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Then I asked him if he felt any shame in facing his audiences and telling them bald-faced lies. |
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He coughed up his Bickfords and turned purple with a mixture of shame and chagrin. |
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The standard explanation of this odd pie is that the heads of pilchards are uneatable, but full of rich oil which it would be a shame to waste. |
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Look down the road, and knew this stuff was unfixable, and would rather abandon ship now than resign in shame in two years. |
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My intent isn't even to shame the Times plagiarizer, but to tap the shoulder of the aspiring plagiarist who may be deterred by this piece. |
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She, and the events of the past few days in London, put to shame the ludicrous, immature black-clothed rebels without a cause. |
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Just think of all the trouble and all the shame we would have had to deal with if we had treated him like our own son. |
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Norms use the clubs of stigma and shame to punish deviants, nonconformists, and radicals. |
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Remember, there is no shame in imitating, provided you don't infringe patent laws. |
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Several newspapers and radio stations have vowed to act as watchdogs and shame businesses caught hiking their prices. |
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He's great at grills, barbecues and salads, but it's a shame he makes so much mess. |
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It was a real shame that Bryn didn't get to sing, because he has tremendous charisma and stage presence. |
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I have written to your letters page before trying to shame a lady dog walker who persistently allowed her dog to mess outside my house. |
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After the man succumbs to his injuries, Richard is blamed for his death but gives a false name to the police so as not to shame his family. |
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Other people, like the farter in my former yoga class, just have no shame whatsoever. |
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This is long overdue and it would be a crying shame if he was overlooked permanently. |
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It would be a great shame if the momentum were to falter at the last moment. |
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The agony and shame in his face, in his deep chocolate brown orbs, drunk or not, was real. |
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What is really a shame is that his good name has been sullied by people who have not bothered to read what he wrote. |
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Which is a shame because strip away the chaff and you will find an interesting, diverse artist who has produced an impressive body of work. |
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They are deeply uneasy with social instruments like shame or opprobrium, which smack of big-nosed authoritarianism in a new guise. |
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It's a shame that stories aren't unbiased anymore and have opinions that the headless take as fact. |
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There's a huge amount of shame associated with causing harm to patients with an error, and it's not readily confessed. |
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Another misconception is that race-conscious admission policies somehow shame or harm underrepresented students of color. |
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Compulsions are obvious to an observer and can cause considerable shame and embarrassment. |
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Please ensure we do not have to face the shame and indignity of expulsion from a major tournament. |
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I think the ability to be able to talk about domestic violence is hindered massively by the shame associated with it. |
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I continue to feel it is such a shame this issue has erupted to the extent that it has. |
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Not that it's a stinker, I just didn't think it was all that great, which is a shame as it has a dynamite cast. |
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I must say that it is with special shame and indignation that one protests against this notable piece of Bumbledom. |
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She looks lovely, just a shame she is let down by her terrible attitude and diva-like behaviour onset. |
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In Western psychological thinking, shame has been more tied to competition than to the brute fact of dependency. |
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You're going to take the shame of dishonoring your kingdom to your grave, I promise you that. |
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The idea that they can even say those words without burning up at the shame of their own dishonour and double standards staggers me. |
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What is uncivilised is the secrecy, guilt, shame and sorrow that surrounds this issue as it stands now. |
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Abused women feel isolated from the family and society because of their guilt, shame and fear. |
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It is a shame that the museum does not offer descriptive text in English or a guidebook to assist the visitor to learn more about what's on show. |
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She hated letting other people see her cry, as if it was a point of shame to possess human emotions. |
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It was well good, you get lots of freebies, just a shame I'm not a big chocolate person, but I'm guessing TP will be very grateful for them. |
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While I'm well aware I have many mental issues, I know I can never be a sociopath because guilt and shame are my two oldest friends. |
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It will be profound, a mixture of embarrassment, shame and a huge feeling of emptiness. |
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The actions of the fans were disrespectful, and they have brought shame and embarrassment on their club, and on this country. |
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The embarrassment and shame it brings on the family means people are keeping quiet and women are being cocooned in their homes. |
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As the addiction can be accompanied by feelings of shame and embarrassment, sufferers often find it difficult to seek help. |
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A shame that the present system has defaulted back to a typeface which is totally unsuited for signage. |
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We have the deep ineffaceable shame of our treatment of the indigenous people from that moment on. |
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Sad yet again, if so, that journalists have to resort to indirection to shame their seemingly unshamable peers. |
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Alban turned to face the taunting eyes of the old governess feeling both rage and shame rise in his bosom. |
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Saxey tells of the secret shame of being in Neverwhere II, if only for a second, with the head of an ibis painted over you. |
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This is a shame as most of them I meet are peaceful and friendly and very interested in the West. |
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It's a shame actually, because we have a number of highly skilled professional members such as civil engineers and architects. |
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He said she had brought shame and humiliation on herself and had besmirched her good name. |
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Which is a real shame for us, because he's an excellent manager and an all-round good bloke. |
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It is a shame that our parish councillors are so unaware of the development of the communities they represent. |
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My country's great shame is the way many kids' needs have been ignored and their bodies exploited, in some cases by churches and churchmen. |
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It's such a shame that teachers are getting sent out to teach very needy students and are getting such pap in their education programs. |
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Aristotle said that the inability to feel shame is the ultimate proof of a wicked character. |
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Second-hand cars, over there, are just so cheap, it is a crying shame that the impost of duty in importing these cars is so great. |
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She bit her lip and clenched her fists tightly, trying to chase away the memories and the sensations that made her sick with shame and disgust. |
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For years, our Scandinavian cousins put us to shame with their gleaming molars and incisors. |
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Historical shame and resentment is here straightforwardly acknowledged, impenitently. |
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This sets in motion a cycle of guilt, shame and denial which impedes both treatment and prevention. |
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When it adopted her point of view, you saw the shame and impecuniousness behind the cover-girl mask. |
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It had been one thing to lay shame on those perpetrating a crime while simultaneously garnering a just verdict. |
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Rather than coercing behavior via laws, communitarians advocate persuading fellow citizens through shame and appeals to community norms. |
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This was the reason why he had blinded himself originally, due to the shame that he was so blind and ignorant of these mistakes. |
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Isn't it a shame that we have these key people doing important things who are either incompetent ignoramuses or dumb as posts? |
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I am curious more about our women weightlifters returning from Athens in shame and ignominy. |
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This is a shame as the two chanteuse are highly compatible in all three primary biorhythm cycles. |
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And this question gravelled them, and ran them aground, and served to shame them before the people. |
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American Football isn't big over here at all. It's a shame because any games I've seen have usually been pretty good. |
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And chivalrous men become burdened by feelings of guilt and shame when they hear stories of husbands who beat up their wives. |
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It is a terrible shame that we are trapped into supremacist language and I do not like the name Supreme Court. |
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Despite these differences, I still see a lot of good in transhumanism, and I feel no shame in considering myself to be one. |
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One, shame on you for missing their Toronto dates, and two, the band sympathizes with you. |
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It was an amazing show, and to all the people that missed it, shame on you. |
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I'm not naming any names, but you know who you are, Jamie, and shame on you. |
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He's not looking to shame people, but rather to afford them an opportunity to see things the way he does. |
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Bullies try to shame and intimidate their victims and make them feel inadequate. |
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It reversed our feelings of shame about our actual high school report cards. |
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This week on America's Next Top Model, Camille finally took the runway walk of shame off the show. |
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There is no shame in returning at lunchtime to spend the afternoon with a book, or relaxing in the rooftop hot tub. |
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He could read the shame in Drake's voice and had a pretty fair idea of what had transpired. |
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No fictional account of human humiliation and shame can capture the frightening banality of the people's treatment at these checkpoints. |
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There is not the rejection that you are not my son anymore, but at the same time the shame is there. |
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We follow the inhabitants of one of the smaller districts, desperate to win after the shame of having lost for 25 years running. |
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A year went by, and the next summer saw them victorious, France at their feet and the shame of Versailles finally revenged. |
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She would be ridiculed, not to mention the fact that she would bring great shame upon her family, for even being suspected of such things. |
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Secondly, being convicted brought not only shame and dishonour on the accused, but on his wife and children as well. |
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What about the shame of housing bright, eager international students in mould infested, decrepit residences? |
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I didn't care if the world knew I'd killed him, but the shame would have been too much for Mum. |
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They were anxious to bring forward their good reputation, and they stressed that the perpetrator's acts had brought shame and dishonour on them. |
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It conveniently also offered birth mothers and their babies second chances for normal lives, without the shame of being unwed and illegitimate. |
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Death in a holy cause could wash away the shame of divorce, infertility, or promiscuity. |
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Perhaps even more important, severe maltreatment could bring shame and dishonour on the neighbourhood. |
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If they flinch during the act, boys bring shame and dishonor to themselves and their family. |
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In other words, they want to avenge history, to undo the shame of half a millennium ago with a reassertion of their glory today. |
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Gwen do you want a brother who will most likely bring shame to your family or someone who cares? |
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It would be a shame to bring home a bounty of lovely fashionable gifts and nothing suits her. |
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It would be a shame to let one of the few real legal and democratic options available to British Columbians today slip by unrealised. |
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It's a shame to reveal the finely crafted intricacies of the plot, but the innovative details of Harry and Lucy's courtship demand sharing. |
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I took jazz-singing lessons and the teacher told me that we could never take the country out of my voice, and that it would be a shame to do so. |
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It's a shame to see it all play out in a movie that's mostly about making blandly obvious arguments about how bad and dishonourable racism is. |
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It is a shame to have such a situation in the present state of technological development. |
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The rainbow maki is not only a great example, it's almost a shame to eat it because it's so lovely to look at. |
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Kevin said he was revealing his role as an agent in order to shame the British government into getting him out of Northern Ireland. |
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Basically they shame people into realising it's not the thing to do, dropping paper out-side their doors. |
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Two more mums are planning to join the legal fight to shame Croydon Council in providing better funding for its schools. |
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In fact, they are so cold a lot of cucumbers that they even shame the cold. |
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The sketches were of a beautiful woman, drawn with such perfection that would shame most artists. |
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It's a shame that these companies don't realise that, at the end of the day, consumers just want quality products at reasonable prices. |
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They want to stay together and it seems such a shame that they may have to split up. |
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What a shame about the ludicrous fake tans which gave them the appearance of well-ripened oranges. |
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When an opportunity arises for people to air their views, it is a shame not to take it. |
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Given that war itself is an atrocity the scene you described in your article still makes a citizen sick with shame and indignation. |
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The profession of arms is a noble calling, and there is no shame in wage labor. |
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You get the occasional guy who fails just before wings or at wings and it's a bit of a shame because they're so close. |
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A powerful deterrent to deviant behavior is that such behavior brings shame to one's family and kin and is considered sinful. |
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Although depression, anxiety and shame may lurk beneath the surface, what's on the table is usually relationship problems. |
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It is just a shame that Cllr Hudson has nothing better to do than try to catch his fellow councillors in the act of helping out in the community. |
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But still, it practically knocked Kate off her feet, and she could feel her face getting hot from her shame and fear. |
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It's a shame that we don't have pageants and parades for our patron saint's day as they do in other countries. |
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In the following years, she learned who her friends really were and fought her way back from a severe depression and bouts of shame and guilt. |
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By evoking the shamelessness of the mythic trickster, the creative artist overcomes shame and breaks through the shackles of social constraint. |
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He said it was a shame a bit of history was coming to end and it would be mourned by longer-serving railwaymen. |
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Or, as good Aussies, we could fly the flag at half mast while we hold our precious slouch hat to our chest and hang our heads in shame at letting this government sell us out. |
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We're surrounded by families with kids in every direction so I no longer feel shame for wearing my trackies and having unkept hair at three in the pm. |
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So, to the everlasting shame of President Ronald Reagan, the U.S. did nothing to stop his genocide. |
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And what a shame to hide a beautiful floor under a throw rug! |
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I'm not religious myself, but I think it's a shame that liberalism is so guardedly secular. |
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I'd say shame on you, but I suppose you would think that quaint, too. |
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One of these days my lack of shame is going to get me into strife. |
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Oh the shame of it Kim thought, she tried to avoid the stares by hiding her head in her hands, she could already feel the warmth flushing into her cheeks. |
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The mega arches erected at various points in the city might have put to shame even the political parties that are known for their ostentatious celebrations. |
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It would be a shame if we were discouraging emerging scholars from reaching deeper into the bookstacks, from sending their buckets down deeper into the wells of knowledge. |
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After the one-sided conversation was concluded Winthrop had his personal shame and sorrow to contend with, and the unshaven grin of the grizzly wino who asked for money. |
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Its fertile soil was seeded in shame with concrete and macadam, and what grew were traffic lanes and cities like Plainfield, hot and steamy in the month of July. |
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Putting bumper stickers on people's cars, they say, is an updated way of inducing shame for social good, in this case by shaming SUV drivers about their purchase. |
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If you discover any misappropriation, please name and shame the culprits. |
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It's such a shame coz everything else I'm wearing is actually quite nice. |
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More importantly, it removes the shame of being human, because instead of Jesus the man embodying all that is good, Jesus the symbol represents the divine in each of us. |
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I couldn't stand the shame when I reread it a couple days back. |
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The extent to which most weddings have remained unaltered is as astonishing as it is depressing, and it is to our great shame that this is what most women want. |
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She is inexorably engulfed by the cloud of shame that surrounds parricide. |
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It's just a shame that the house is such a hovel at the moment. |
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It's a shame really that Korean doesn't have a lot of swear words. |
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And ultimately, he makes you feel the catharsis in violence, the adrenaline rush, and the shame in that. |
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I love all pubs, even gastropubs, so long as they don't destroy your proper pubs, because it would be a shame if youngsters only saw all that chrome and glass. |
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Tatum wears the shame of a nation on his face in this quietly devastating portrait of the American dream run amok. |
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It's a shame that such beauty has to be wasted, but orders are orders. |
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It would be a shame to lose your test place for a minor dose of the yips. |
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It would be a shame for the only analysis of political rhetoric to be in terms of frames, metaphors and word choices, as interesting as those topics are. |
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They all committed seppuku in shame and we lost the account. |
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And food, far from being a source of energy and enjoyment, has become a battleground of guilt and shame and excess and starvation. |
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Public disclosure laws shame organizations into implementing more effective information security policies and practices to lessen the risk of a data breach occurring in the first place. |
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Well meaning professionals believed that adopted children would benefit by being shielded from the shame of being born on the wrong side of the blanket. |
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In this context, it's a terrible shame that Strange Gardens, even though based on a true incident, only serves to obscure those difficult matters all over again. |
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He said it's common for such items like mowers and quads to be stolen because of their portability but it's a shame it had to happen to someone already in the down and out. |
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Emphasize to your clients that there is no shame in the use of a hearing instrument, just as there is no shame in the use of eyeglasses or contact lenses. |
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As a community where shame has to be denied and aggressively projected outside of the self they feel strongly inclined to externalize this shame in violence. |
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Servers and restaurant owners occasionally shame those who drastically under-tip. |
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I felt my anger ebb away and a feeling of shame come over me. |
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I will not attempt to hide my utter contempt for such casuistry, nor my shame that I work in and organisation where colleagues would resort to it to justify torture. |
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And the shame is that the ridiculousness of it all only happens once a year. |
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No one has the right to ask a public servant to take on a lifelong sentence of nagging doubt, and for some of us, shame and guilt. |
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A society that does not shudder in shame to hear cases of sati, female infanticide and foeticide, and bride burning for dowry can hardly be expected to react to cases of rape. |
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If conservatives truly believe in a meritocracy, why aren't they busy denouncing this kind of thing, using their bully pulpit to shame rich whites into stopping this practice? |
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The film has an interesting plot, but shame about the silly car chases and unconvincing escapes from death or even injury bar a delicate scratch on Johanssen's damask cheek. |
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That it stems from an engrained sense of unworthiness and shame is something that Dunne is winningly eager to acknowledge. |
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No shame and desperation to drive a teammate to hand over money or the playbook to a blackmailer. |
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Not to register and vote is to shame and dishonor our heroes. |
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The regressive effect of trauma often gives rise to a transference that associates the therapist with victimhood, shame and demanding assumptions. |
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I read a lot but find new books are few and far between, so people are discouraged from using the mobile library, which is a shame as it serves well for elderly and disabled. |
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She will, above all else, never bring shame or dishonor to her family. |
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To the pain of defeat, Louis XV added the shame of dishonour. |
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What a shame I picked it out of the discontinued item bin at Waitrose. |
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Along with dangerous health struggles, Luna finds herself contending with the legacy of shame and secrecy that surround issues of sexuality in the Latino community. |
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The assimilation-fiend, coco Conners, harbors shame over her dark skin and black-sounding name, Colandrea. |
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Wilfred stared down at his feet, and noticed with shame that the newspapers were disintegrating from their sogginess, leaving a trail of newspaper shreds in his wake. |
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The whole time, he carefully avoids looking at me as I struggle with the shame of crying in school over what looks like nothing more than a stupid locker. |
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He remembered the way Buck had worn his first sweater, standing up tall and looking down at his chest, helpless to the giggling and the shame of wearing such an ugly outfit. |
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But the shame and sorrow for what had happened never cooled. |
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It seems a great shame that there is an almost total absence of awareness of the emergent East Asian music scene, especially that of China, in Europe and America. |
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It's a shame as they do contribute so much to the character of a place. |
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It's a shame to dress the whole thing up in nationalism as well! |
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As with every truly well written story, it seems a shame to unravel all of the threads and to foreshadow all of the genuinely surprising twists in the plot. |
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Boys, to Nina's shame and embarrassment, were a constant preoccupation. |
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The result is a mingled feeling of sorrow, shame and self-contempt. |
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The principals are now engaged in a plot that it would be a shame to reveal, since much of the joy in watching this production comes from not knowing the ending. |
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There's plenty of funny stuff there, and it's kind of a shame to see this particular conceit, which has a lot of humorous potential, discarded so quickly. |
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His double strike erased the shame of a bewildering first-half miss. |
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He really is that good here and it was a shame he did not win the Oscar. |
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His hotline settles the question about where shame belongs in religious communities. |
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He felt small and weak now, weighed down by shame and regret. |
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I think it's a shame if people think Easter has become too commercial. |
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