He said he had resigned because he had "no intention of causing embarrassment to the government".

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Arriving late, causing embarrassment, behaving confrontationally, insisting too hard on paying a bill or calling attention to a mistake can all cause loss of face.

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Being late, causing embarrassment, confrontational behaviour, a public insult or calling attention to a mistake can all cause loss of face and could seriously damage a business relationship.

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You see it in the way a great hostess treats a handicapped guest, helping him without causing him embarrassment.

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So far the leak is causing Microsoft more embarrassment than anything else because the code in question is quite old.

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In fact, when he tried once, the silken fabric slipped off, causing the kind of embarrassment that only a second-grader could really appreciate.

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The news report was partly about the embarrassment this situation was causing the Japanese institutions.

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