| A series of minor government ministers was involved in a variety of sexual peccadilloes and had to resign. |
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| Since the satire routinely pillories the peccadilloes of public figures, Deayton's defrocking is entirely in keeping with the spirit of the show. |
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| From time they were boys, others have fawned over them, winked at their flaws, excused their peccadilloes. |
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| Over the years I have certainly committed somewhat more than my share of peccadilloes and outright sins. |
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| And besides, other nations, such as the French, don't get so worked up about the peccadilloes of the famous. |
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| Suddenly stories about pop stars and their legal troubles or sexual peccadilloes were no longer relegated to the women's pages. |
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| True to its tabloid format, it has always been strong on exposure of their sexual peccadilloes, of which there are many. |
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| But rather all my insecurities and peccadilloes from the past came rushing back to haunt me. |
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| It's true, and there are tons of similarly gossipy tales of women's sexual peccadilloes and the embarrassments of ambition. |
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| Tabloid newspapers have always printed tawdry tales of public figures' peccadilloes, but it hasn't dominated discussion in the same way. |
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| Environmental offences still appear to be regarded as excusable peccadilloes in some Member States. |
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| Silvio Berlusconi is back in Italian headlines, but not for his peccadilloes or corruption trials. |
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| In 2001, Premiere Magazine published an extensive article documenting Schwarzenegger's peccadilloes. |
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| If those in government allow themselves to be intimidated into neutrality because they harbour private peccadilloes, they will sell the pass to the prophets of moral nihilism. |
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| But the flaws and peccadilloes of Renaissance artists like Michelangelo pale beside the misdeeds of patrons and pontiffs. |
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| In the glow of their log fire, fortified by coffee and cognac, I deliberately steered the conversation towards the peccadilloes of awkward neighbours. |
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| It is low ebb with his accuser when such peccadilloes are put to swell the charge. |
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| With blunt sincerity, Nordstrom describes a ritualized life of privileged-class peccadilloes. |
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