Several bloggers have suggested that while this might work for Barcelona and Real Madrid, whose dominance of their domestic league is embarrassing, the big teams in other leagues would be happy to stay dominant in their own back yard and only occasionally face humiliation at the hands of the Catalans.

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This time I had no choice but to confront and command the numbers--or face public humiliation in front of my peers and a jury.

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He seems here to have forgotten a truer observation of his, taken directly from clinical experience: in face of violence and humiliation, victims will turn also on each other.

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Many survivors refuse to report the crime because they see the humiliation other victims face.

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The British noticed that problem prisoners were usually people for whom avoiding humiliation and saving face were fundamental and instinctive.

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Mr Rajoy fears the loss of face, but the alternative is greater humiliation for less benefit later, when Spain is in deeper trouble and his own authority is further diminished.

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Her face warms when she speaks of him and contracts when she describes her pain and humiliation.

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