Sentences with phrase «series of embarrassing»

Through a series of embarrassing marketing blunders and the not - so - popular invite system, many folks found it difficult to justify purchasing one of the handsets.

After a series of embarrassing predictions and wild factual errors damaged global - warming alarmists» credibility — possibly beyond repair — the United Nations is again warning of impending doom: localized floods and droughts caused by climate change theoretically linked to human activity.

It's a risky move for Obama given how Solyndra tarnished his energy brand with a series of embarrassing emails showing aides fretting over the political implications of the company's bankruptcy, as well as images of the FBI raiding its corporate headquarters.

A series of embarrassing disclosures in the past month appears to have crippled FUSE, costing the organization all its management business, worth more than $ 1 million a year.

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.

When in opposition the Conservatives had suspected the New Labour government of being overly optimistic, reflected in a series of embarrassing downgraded growth forecasts.

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

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.

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.

Catholic experts believe Francis was referring to a secret dossier presented to his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI that investigated a series of embarrassing leaks from Vatican insiders to Italian journalists.

In February, Amy Pascal, the longtime head of Sony Pictures Entertainment, lost her job as chairman of the movie studio after a hacking attack late last year, which the U.S. government blamed on North Korea, led to the disclosure of a series of embarrassing emails.

Shortly after, Uber was hit with a series of embarrassing reports, including allegations of the theft of trade secrets, use of software to circumvent government officials and a peculiar partnership with China's Baidu.

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In a series of tweets, Scarborough said Miller's performance «embarrassed» the White House, dubbing the interviews «awful on every level.»

Following a series of serious and embarrassing bugs in iOS and macOS, it was a rotten cherry on top of a melting pool of ice cream.

The Vatican has been in crisis mode for weeks after an embarrassing series of leaks dubbed «Vati - leaks,» in which sensitive documents were published in a book by an Italian journalist.

It's not an embarrassing or especially lengthy streak — the Rockies are 0 - 4 all time in the World Series thanks to a sweep at the hands of the Red Sox in their lone Fall Classic appearance, for instance.

Senate Republicans have seemed to reveal their reluctance to take up arms over mayoral control with a series of off - script moments that have embarrassed Flanagan.

The Port Authority yesterday turned to an NYPD alum in the hope of righting an organization embarrassed by a long series of security snafus.

Consequently, adopting a motion sponsored by Senator Joshua Dariye (PDP, Plateau State), the Senate noted that the series of complaints that greeted the nomination were becoming embarrassing.

Cuomo raised eyebrows and embarrassed DiNapoli as he announced a series of multimillion - dollar settlements in the state pension - fund scandal and then disclosed that his office was looking into the comptroller's role in meeting with politically connected companies seeking control over the investment of pension - fund money.

Cuomo, who was elected on a platform of cleaning up what he called the «Albany swamp,» also promised ethics changes on the heels of the most embarrassing and pervasive series of corruption cases the state has faced in a long time.

A series of leaked official documents from the Home Office are published in national newspapers, embarrassing Gordon Brown's government.

Ms. Schmickle's article certainly suggests that the Dems are trying to bring up a series of politically volatile issues that either 1) split the Republican party (the transportation bill); 2) embarrass Governor Pawlenty (the Molnau ouster), or; 3) force our VP - Wannabe - in - Chief to make unpopular vetoes (stem cells).

This past week was Part 2 of My Series on Decluttering and dealt with clothing — if you feel at all overwhelmed by clutter in your home because of clothing be sure to check it out — I share my embarrassing before pictures but I also share the after which hopefully will encourage you.

Now a public advocate for marriage equality, thanks to his «Blue Neighbourhood» music video series highlighting the pressures same - sex couples face, Troye, like a lot of Australia, is embarrassed that we haven't stepped our game up and legalised same - sex marriage.

England were facing an embarrassing 4 - 0 Ashes series defeat after a day of thankless toil in the fifth Test at the SCG.

«The Shape of Things» marks the last good film LaBute has made (for whatever reason he moves on to goofy Hollywood thrillers like «The Wicker Man» and «Lakeview Terrace» and the embarrassing «Death at a Funeral» remake - one would think those films were from a totally different human all together; my bet is he became a drug addict because no one looses such talent so quickly) but this wonderful, tricky and rewarding series of films is well worth your serious time and attention.

And as long as Jim gets himself into embarrassing scrapes, which seems to be all the time (and as long as people keep paying to watch his torturous experiences), this «American Pie» series shows no sign of ending.

Looking at 2011 before it started, nobody would have predicted that the freshest, most fun popcorn flick of the summer would be a reboot of a series that died an embarrassing death 11 years ago.

More a core part of modern - day myth than film history, the Rocky series has morphed into something sweaty and slightly embarrassing: an endless series of wisdom grunts, anthemic trumpet fanfares, politically symbolic opponents and Reagan - era showdowns.

Though there are a few moments of «was this ever cool» cheeseball nostalgia sprinkled here and again, All the Right Moves is teeth - clenchingly awful: half «The White Shadow», half somehow more embarrassing and dated than even that popular TV series.

For Vanity Fair's «Notes on a Scene» video series, Tommy Wiseau breaks down the rooftop scene featuring James Franco (as the eccentric Wiseau) struggling to correctly remember his lines, resulting in an embarrassing amount of takes.

Chris becomes involved with the grinch (Ilana Glazer) who steals his drugs and wants to wreck his Christmas, and that story results in a series of chases that only serve to keep the friends apart long enough to undermine their relationship (They also don't distract from the fact that Chris» dilemma — feeling isolated from his teammates and embarrassed by his mother — isn't interesting).

This film tries to find the humor in a series of remarkable and embarrassing situations.

Structured in three escalating nights out, the narrative is merely a series of set - pieces featuring gross - out gags and embarrassing moments.

Yet no more embarrassing than the rest of it, in which Eggsy and his handler Merlin (Mark Strong) bounce haphazardly around the globe on a series of errands — tracing the drug - running operation to its Cambodian HQ one minute, then doing their best to restore the memory of Eggsy's former mentor, the long - serving Kingsman agent Harry Hart (Colin Firth), the next.

Maybe I've been living under a rock, but last week was the first I'd heard of NPR's «My Guilty Pleasure» series on All Things Considered, in which «writers talk about the books they love but are embarrassed to be seen reading.»

YOU BELONG TO ME... A long - lost lover from Jennifer's rural Pennsylvania past, the man sets off a series of alarming events as those close to Jennifer try to figure out who he is and how the two are connected, including her high - powered and possessive husband, whose ultimate goal is to make this embarrassing intrusion into his marriage disappear.

My journey down to meet the boys involved a series of buses, a night in San Salvador with the most depressing human being ever to walk the planet (who hailed, conversationally, from Texas and had a face that denied anatomical convention, in a bad way), two road blocks and a rather embarrassing incident where I was asked to unpack my underwear onto the side of a Honduran highway.

Her current work and research is a series of operations entitled Embarrassed of the Whole a multi-year project to be executed for a full month in February 2017.

All the lushness of Gauguin's grandest landscapes start to look rather safe against the harshness of the woodcuts and monotypes, and some of the late works can be positively embarrassing: compared to the sinister Oviri series, a painting of a bare - breasted girl with a fan from 1902 looks like the middling efforts of a Sunday dabbler.

The series tracks the whole story and is bluntly critical in its analysis and treatment of some of the now - embarrassed climate scientists who featured the emails.

The UK newspaper The Guardian has published a series of articles on Internet privacy — the right to be forgotten which addresses many of the issues surrounding the (occasionally embarrassing) traces we leave as we use online services.

A FIFA executive committee announced on Tuesday (17 July) that Garcia had been unanimously appointed alongside German judge Hans - Joachim Eckert to lead an internal inquiry probing a series of corruption scandals that have embarrassed FIFA executives and prompted Swiss court proceedings.

Nix said in the statement that he had «entertained a series of ludicrous hypothetical scenarios» to avoid embarrassing a potential client.

That doesn't matter, because The Hollywood Reporter reports that the app that brought you embarrassing photos of your friends is launching a Web series helmed by Sasha Spielberg and Emily Goldwyn, daughters of director, producer Steven Spielberg and producer John Goldwyn.

«Extremely Embarrassing» The controversy began after a series of once - private emails from various IOTA team members and a group of external security researchers was leaked, putting on display the developers» apathy and arrogance towards a critical flaw in

It can be something you read just for enjoyment, but try not to name a romance novel, «Fifty Shades of Grey,» anything from the «Twilight» series, or anything you might be embarrassed to be seen with in front of your more «educated» friends.