As a newsman, though, I should support the agency because it produces one really embarrassing headline after the next.

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"It's always something that's been really embarrassing, " Ms. Ngo, of Bethesda, Md.

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In the meantime, a public service announcement for my readers: always make your really, really embarrassing purchases in person (wearing sunglasses and a hat) and pay in cash.

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The experience was "really embarrassing, " he said.

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But it was when I started detailing my travel for the past year that things really started to get embarrassing - you can see just how much CO2 the various methods of transport generate.

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"This looks roughly akin to having your underwear drawer rifled: Embarrassing, but no one's really going to be surprised about what's in there, " he writes.

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The one real memorable moment was when Tim Pawlenty showed an embarrassing lack of spine (or if you are really old-fashioned, an admirable degree of politeness).

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