There were a lot of documents coming out which were deeply embarrassing for the government.

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While acknowledging the failure in management over the Stafford Hospital scandal had been "deeply embarrassing", he also believes good managers are a force for good.

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Cisco dropped that suit after Huawei agreed to remove its router products from the market and change them, but the incident was deeply embarrassing for the Chinese company.

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Although it has produced hits such as the Xbox gaming console, it has also had some deeply embarrassing misses, including Zune, a portable music player that has failed to rival Apple's iPod.

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The revelation that Tom Watson, the most notable of the signatories and an acolyte of Mr Brown's, visited the chancellor at home in Fife the day before the letter was faxed to Downing Street is deeply embarrassing for the chancellor.

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Mr. Hitchens's memoir covers deeply personal, occasionally embarrassing territory, including his one night stand with Mr. Amis's late sister Sally and the pair's botched attempt to "research" a brothel scene for Mr. Amis's novel "Money" at a seedy New York massage parlor.

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The implication that the board backed the wrong horse in the first place must be embarrassing to Mr Purcell and deeply satisfying to Mr Mack.

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