Sentences with phrase «public humiliation at»

Told from Queen Caroline's viewpoint, the film focuses on her trials and tribulations as an intelligent woman forced to suffer public humiliation at the hands of her husband — but who finds a way to help her subjects through her secret affair with Johann Struensee, the royal physician.

Sports columnists gripe about the bad free throw techniques of modern players like Shaquille O'Neal, but probably no one has suffered more public humiliation at the free throw line than former Knicks player Chris Dudley.

Sports columnists gripe about the bad free - throw techniques of modern players like Shaquille O'Neal, but no one has suffered more public humiliation at the free - throw line than the Knicks» Chris Dudley.

Frustrated Police Commissioner Bill Bratton finally snapped on Wednesday when asked about his public humiliation at City Hall by the Rev. Al Sharpton — and compared...

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«The consequence is the public humiliation, which at this moment seems like a small price to pay for what our children would have to endure otherwise,» Gates said.

The Bible also sanctions slavery, marriage of siblings (at times), public humiliation of women, and slavery.

Burning at the stake, crucifixion, and other forms of public execution and humiliation were NOT primarily addressed to the condemned, but rather to serve as a warning to the masses.

Ordinarily, though, NBA feuds are enacted on the floor, where the players at least have the excuse of public humiliation to justify their tirades.

If a compromising image of your teen goes public or gets sent to others, your teen could be at risk of humiliation, embarrassment, and public ridicule.

He is at his best describing Macmillan's development as a shy young man who acquired a steely inner strength through his war experiences and the public humiliation due to his wife's affair.

The attrition of the public realm; the remorseless growth of inequality; the social pathologies associated with its growth; the humiliations suffered by those at the bottom of the economic pile; the callous indifference of those at the top; the penetration of state institutions by corporate interests; the decline of public trust; and, not least, the hubristic irresponsibility of a sometimes criminal financial sector — all the stigmata of pre-crisis Britain — loom as large as they did before 2008.

But the fight over the decision was a public one, and ended in a humiliation for the governor, who was forced to appear in a hostage - like video at the convention, in which he reluctantly acceded to the WFP's demands.

After the very public humiliation suffered by Le Mouel on this point at the Academie debates (see Part I), in his article in La Lettre Courtillot took pains to show that he indeed understood the consequences of the Earth being round.

Lots of us, even after all these years, still cringe at memories of public humiliation in school.

This form of corporal punishment combined with public humiliation was both highly effective at keeping surfing safer, and also a strong motivational tool for those hearty souls, who were passionate about learning to surf.

When Sony went public with its agreement with Nintendo at the 1991 Consumer Electronics Show, Nintendo delivered the ultimate humiliation by announcing the following day that it had in fact inked a deal with Philips instead.

That said, with this little tantrum, Mann has arranged humiliation for himself and a public discredit to climate science, at a time when public understanding of the same is not what it might be.

Many parents insist that technology not be allowed to disturb family time, whether that means no devices at the table, mandated family time for games and other activities, or «public humiliation»:

It is at this stage that the lure of litigation is at its most powerful, offering everything a litigant yearns for: complete vindication, outright success, public defeat and humiliation of the other side, and vast sums of money!

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