So the fact that, according to the Census Bureau, the share of Americans in poverty rose between 1974 and 2004, from 11.2% to 12.7%, ought to be a cause for shame.
The hearing was fairly conducted, and the small victory for common sense that resulted was sadly not met by a good mannered apology or even good grace from the local authority: for shame!
Senator PATRICK LEAHY (Democrat, Vermont): For shame on us in being so far behind and being so wiling to rubberstamp anything this administration does, as we have to pick up the paper to find out what is going on.
Like the writer Sheila Heti and the filmmaker Lena Dunham, Ocean is deciding what it means to talk about friendship, drugs, love, and sex, and is setting the parameters for shame and regret in a world in which failure is simply a way of saying hello.
That it became an issue of national debate and cause for national shame is entirely due to the impeccable character of Stephen and the dogged determination of his parents, Doreen and Neville Lawrence, that justice should be done.
And for the record, I'm using the word gay interchangeably with homosexual for the sake of conversation, because it really is a shame for perfectly good word pertaining to happiness to get associated it with the cultural taboo.
It was a shame for Enzo to go out like that after all he's done.
"It was a real shame for me as I had a good start, " said Vettel.
"The fact that you were assaulted is no cause for embarrassment or shame, " the judge said.
"This week's events mark a week of shame for the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland, " he said.
Shame for failing to remember that we are Americans, and as such, we are good and decent people.
"It's a shame for Mark he's not further up the grid, " he said.
Everything has gone through him, and it's just a shame for him that he wasn't there at the end.
The whole situation over the last few weeks, even months, seems to be such a terrible shame for cricket in Zimbabwe.
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"It's a real shame for the spectators but obviously the players have got to take their own safety into account, " he said.
Another resident said the demolition was a "day of shame for Bournemouth".
Some hope: Italian bonds are now a badge of shame for banks who are rushing to dispose of them (see article).
"It is a big shame for him as he has been very competitive in that scrum-half position, " Ruddock told BBC Hereford and Worcester.
"It's a shame for the team, the club and especially for the player because he is a very important member of the squad, " Rijkaard said.
This is a shame for a number of reasons, but from a public policy perspective it directly impacts the effectiveness of law enforcement more generally.
That's a shame for investors, because around 90% of the market's long-term return can be linked directly to dividends--the basic yield and then the growth over time of that coupon.
Such sentiments are still the exception in Germany, where a sense of obligation to help fellow Europeans in distress is rooted in shame for the crimes of the Third Reich.
Shame for inflaming our veterans and our service members with a sense that perhaps their burials were being treated in a way that there was no evidence that they were being treated ...
That would be a terrible shame for participants.
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Why ought our American troopers have to hang their heads in shame for performin a tough, thankless job that few among us would be willing do at all and none would be able to perform as well?
What is a shame for the London team is that any adulation and respect which stemmed from their fairy tale European Champions League triumph last season has disappeared because of the defensive way they have reacted to criticism since then.
But perhaps the most significant factor is the extremely conservative culture in Libya - and in Misrata in particular - which regards rape as a matter of profound shame for an entire family, and not something to be mentioned in public.
And I think that it would be a real shame for the girls of this country, and the boys too, to see another election where we only talk about how the wives look and sort of not what else they bring to the table.
There was no shame for the Tigers in losing their opening game to India, and they salvaged some pride by following this with a victory, albeit unconvincing, over Ireland - but they capitulated here in front of a large but increasingly disconsolate home support.
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