Yet the problem with their promises is this: for every bit of conviction, there is a shameful share of pure posturing.
He sees an opportunity to avenge the shameful treatment of his beloved master, Cardinal Wolsey.
" New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent, blasted them as "a shameful evasion of the crisis facing the country.
Others decried it as a shameful bailout of irresponsible lenders and borrowers.
To be sure, these latter two situations were collapses brought on by the shameful activities of individual firms and not the result of industry-wide practices.
Looking at these trends, it seems overwhelmingly probable that we will look back on the death penalty as a shameful bit of lingering of savagery.
"Unimaginable and shameful cases of embezzlement and corruption are multiplying, " President Napolitano said on Tuesday, calling on lawmakers to pass anticorruption measures that have stalled in the Senate, the upper house of the Italian Parliament.
Indeed, both Wall Street and Washington created plenty of shameful episodes in 2012, with the worst being the May initial public offering of Facebook.
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This elevation of a uniquely shameful event in the history of Europe into a source of religious inspiration and even of national pride for Americans has happened as a result of successive surges of interest.
In the wake of Mr Mbeki's shameful and lethal denial of the link between HIV and AIDS, he has overseen the appointment of a sensible new health minister.
He said there had been a "shameful" lack of investment in tuberculosis treatment and research.
So is the story of its shameful hijacking by the duplicitous Elias Ashmole.
It is a shameful story for many of those concerned, and the authors make effective use of the vast archive of tobacco company documents now in the public domain, and of the personal archives of some of the scientists involved.
The release "concludes a sad and shameful chapter in the history of our Local Church, " the archdiocese said.
In November the Patients Association published a report containing 16 "shameful" stories about the care of elderly patients.
It, obviously, points to one of the most dark and shameful moments in recent past history in our country -- the fact that a major American city went through a natural disaster, and we found almost (ph) little to do.
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Mr Chirinos described the events of the first hearing as "shameful" and claimed they had shaken public faith in Peru's judiciary.
The election of Pope Francis has thrown a spotlight on his conduct as a priest under Argentina's military dictatorship in the late 70s and early 80s, and in particular at what point he found out about one of the country's most shameful episodes.
In a society where failure is considered shameful, Yesh may be building a new generation of fearless entrepreneurs.
Shameful we were talking about the fabulous weather instead of enjoying it!
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The conduct of Lifeway and the Southern Baptist Convention is shameful, and they owe Hairston an apology for their actions.
The highly leveraged position in euro debt held by MF Global was shameful, and unfortunately it is the employees and customers of MF Global who bear the brunt of the pain.
Bullying the mother of a suicide victim strikes many observers as especially shameful, but attorneys for other university hospitals have taken similar actions.
"It's shameful to live like this, " cried Najoud, a mother of eight, as she she broke down in tears.
But a good many of my fellow citizens retain the notion that nudity is shameful and that enhanced pat downs are akin to molestation.
When there is so much negative discussion over a woman choosing to have a career and a family, we are sending a shameful message at a time when we should be encouraging women instead of discouraging them.
Christian theologians still argue over what Saint Paul meant when he told the people of Corinth that for men to have long hair was shameful, while for women, flowing tresses were something glorious (although they should keep them covered, perhaps to avoid tempting wayward angels).
"Most of the people at the recycling center didn't want to be filmed, because they think it's a shameful job, " said a Chinese woman named Lilly, one of the film's subjects, speaking Cantonese through a translator while collecting a fresh haul last week near Fulton Street.
Most people are aware of postpartum depression as a common and no-longer-shameful problem faced by mothers, and occasionally fathers, in the early post-baby months.
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"But we can say very loudly and very clearly that the very idea of targeting victims and their families in their darkest hour is shameful, sickening and cruel, " she said.
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