He had an 8:30 a.m. appointment in midtown with Tyco executives, including Dennis Kozlowski, the soon-to-be-disgraced chief.

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To come from a dishonored or disgraced family would be a hurdle to overcome.

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Ecuador countered by releasing what purports to be Reyes's diary, which implicates disgraced former aides of Mr Correa in accepting FARC money but not the president himself. (Colombia reckons the document is fabricated.) Until it gets active co-operation from all its neighbours in fighting the FARC and other drug traffickers, Colombia will conclude that it must rely on American support.

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Nor can the Bank's holier-than-thou sermonising be doing much to warm chilly relations with the disgraced finance ministry.

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The couple say that an older daughter had already disgraced the family and they did not want to be dishonoured again.

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One British bookmaker is even offering 10, 000-1 odds that disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong will be chosen to head up the church.

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He believes Annett has "disgraced" native people with his public demands for the dead to be repatriated.

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It used to be that creditors put a padlock on the factory door and company executives were disgraced.

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