Sentences with phrase «of embarrassing revelations»

David Cameron has sacked the Tory party chairman Grant Shapps from the cabinet after a series of embarrassing revelations about his alleged attempts to mould his image on social media.

But Paterson, who succeeded the disgraced Eliot Spitzer in March, 2008, held on as a candidate until late February, when a series of embarrassing revelations relating to his allegedly improper involvement in a personal aide's domestic abuse case led him to withdraw from the race.

The St. Lawrence County Board of Legislators took the unusual step of passing a resolution expressing no confidence in the local DA, Mary Rain, listing a series of embarrassing revelations and accusations, including a suggestion by a former assistant that Rain planned to use grand juries to investigate people she disliked.

The federal corruption trial of the man often described as Cuomo's «brother,» Joe Percoco, has revealed a number of embarrassing revelations about the way business was conducted in Cuomo's office.

John Reid said the minister, who is now in charge of policing, had been «a stalwart» over the past few weeks, in which the immigration and nationality directorate (IND) was hit by a series of embarrassing revelations.

Noerdlinger — a top mayoral aide who served as chief of staff to First Lady Chirlane McCray — took a leave of absence after a string of embarrassing revelations, including that she lives with a convicted felon who has posted anti-cop sentiments online.

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The Vancouver, Canada - based company's fall from grace began with the embarrassing revelation that some of its pants were see through and the non mea culpa of founder and chairman Chip Wilson, where he claimed in November that «some women's bodies just don't actually work» for the clothing.

Because the notion of revelation seems to suggest a particularity that overrides the contemporary trend toward ecumenism and universalism, some recent theology has become altogether embarrassed about the idea.

In 1984 while visiting New York's Cardinal O'Connor, Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo of Managua made contact with a Grace representative and would have obtained $ 30,000 had revelation of the funding not proved too embarrassing.

Where is the line between what I would consider harmless if embarrassing revelations — the bare - butt baby pictures; the funny (in retrospect) sibling fights — and thoughtless disclosures of personal information?

The move follows hugely embarrassing revelations about the publicly stated views of a host of Ukip European and local election candidates.

Last month, Marc Cenedella, an internet entrepreneur who was in attendance at the dinner, bowed out of the race after some embarrassing revelations about a blog he maintained several years ago.

The move comes as MPs face growing scrutiny over their expense claims, following a series of embarrassing newspaper revelations.

The researchers saw fewer uses of sensitive search terms — including both words likely to be flagged as suspicious by the National Security Agency, or NSA, and potentially personally embarrassing words, like those related to health issues — after the government surveillance revelations.

NEW DELHI — In an embarrassing revelation, a landmark report from India's six science academies backing commercial planting of genetically modified (GM) brinjal, or eggplant, has been found to contain materials plagiarized from a pro-GM newsletter.

The most embarrassing revelation from the pair is that their film was researched through Joseph Campbell and is a combination of Cassavetes's Husbands and The Wizard of Oz, with numerous homages paid along the way to Apocalypse Now — proving, beyond a doubt, that no one sets out to make something mediocre.

Keeping such a policy in mind will ensure that we fundraise in a manner appropriate to the ethos of the school whilst protecting ourselves against potentially embarrassing revelations after the fact About the author Kathy Roddy is a trainer for Fundraising Skills, which has developed an online course for bursars, business managers and administrators leading to the Certificate in school fundraising & income generation.

The very revelations of how poorly districts and states were doing in improving the achievement of children — especially those from poor and minority backgrounds — since the implementation of No Child 12 years ago have embarrassed states and districts publicly and badly.

The paid review and sock - puppet review scandals that rocked Amazon this summer after revelations by Locke — and an embarrassing number of others — have resulted in a draconian crackdown on all Amazon reviews.

I mean, like, I give Martin, for all his doofus weirdness and for all his somewhat off - putting stylistic preference for a heavy load - up of creepy, embarrassing, over-familiar, confessional, compulsive, autobiographical, blog - flasher revelations, in everything he writes, credit there.

I'm so embarrassed by the revelation that on page 149 of my bestselling book After America there's a whole little section about «the unlettered Mark Steyn»: In normal circumstances, I'd offer to send Ellen a free copy, but I'm being sued by fake Nobel Laureate Michael Mann so I need the cash.

Deeply embarrassed by, first, the stolen emails that claim to reveal the suppression of research questioning global warming, and now by the revelation that the «scientific study» that «proved» that the Himalayan glaciers would melt away in 25 years was bunk — «Glaciergate» — the eco-movement is furiously deflecting.