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The times I can recall when I was publicly humiliated by him -- lovely dinner parties in our Trianon Suite where the collation was postponed and postponed and postponed, only to be served dry and overcooked at a table where the host's chair was vacant ; ;
Now, having been sent halfway around the world on a job she had not asked for, Tommy was being humiliated at every turn.
Doubleday was humiliated by this snub and held a lasting grudge against Meade, but he returned to division command and fought well for the remainder of the battle.
Gregory VII appeared to have succeeded when the emperor Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was humiliated at Canossa in 1077.
Once captured, he was humiliated by Hernando Pizarro and his requests for appeals to the King were ignored.
Eleanor was humiliated by this episode, and maintained a low profile for the rest of the crusade.
In 1914, due to the growing anti-German sentiments that swept across Europe during the first few months of World War I, Prince Louis of Battenberg was removed from his position as First Sea Lord in the Admiralty and publicly humiliated by King George V and Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill.
When apprised of this fact upon his return, Francesco was furious and humiliated at being upstaged by his wife's superior political ability.
As for the contradiction between German rearmament and his message of peace, Ribbentrop argued to whoever would listen that the German people had been “ humiliatedby the Versailles treaty, that Germany wanted peace above all, and German violations of Versailles were part of an effort to restore Germany's " self-respect " By the 1930s, much of British opinion had been convinced that the treaty was monstrously unfair and unjust to Germany, so as a result, many in Britain like Thomas Jones were very open to Ribbentrop ’ s message that if only Versailles could be done away with, then European peace would be secured.
Although some chroniclers felt that John had been humiliated by the sequence of events, there was little public reaction.
She has just been humiliated and remembers her father arriving home from work one day when she was a child ; after he picks her up and spins her around, the camera pans over to a passing truck and tilts up to the sky.
In 1850, after a dispute over Hesse, Prussia was humiliated and forced to back down by Austria ( supported by Russia ) in the so-called Punctation of Olmütz ; a plan for the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership, proposed by Prussia's Prime Minister Radowitz, was also abandoned.
Gregory was prevented from returning to the emperor, while Louis was deserted by his supporters and was forced to surrender unconditionally ; Louis was deposed and humiliated at the Campus Mendacii, and Lothair was proclaimed emperor.
De Vecchi had to reassess his plans as he was being humiliated on many fronts.
Miami was also strongly motivated to win the Super Bowl after having been humiliated by the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI.
Lord Napier, a broken and humiliated man, was allowed to return to Macao by land and not by ship as requested.
The humiliated Bishop Thomas II was forced to emigrate to the Duchy of Racibórz.

was and by
Her face was very thin, and burned by the sun until much of the skin was dead and peeling, the new skin under it red and angry.
Gavin's stallion was in the barn and he tightened the cinches over the saddle blanket, working by touch in the darkness, comforting the animal with easy words.
It was pierced by a wagon gate built of two wings.
In the brief moment I had to talk to them before I took my post on the ring of defenses, I indicated I was sickened by the methods men employed to live and trade on the river.
His face was split by a vermilion streak, his eyes were pools of white ; ;
It was pitiful to see the thin ranks of warriors, old and young, wheeling and twisting their ponies frantically from side to side only to be tumbled bleeding from their saddles by the relentless slam, slam of the cruelly efficient Hawkinses.
He grabbed her by the shoulders and went down on one knee, taking her weight so that some of the wind was driven out of him.
There was an artificial lake just out of sight in the first stand of trees, fed by a half dozen springs that popped out of the ground above the hillside orchard.
only the counter at one end was lighted by a long fluorescent tube suspended directly above it.
He had looked over my forms and was impressed by what he had seen there ; ;
The office was of logs, four rooms, each heated by an iron stove.
The building was dwarfed by the scene outside.
It was partially cemented by ages and pressure, yet it crumpled before the onslaught of the powerful streams, the force of a thousand fire hoses, and with the gold it held washed down through the long sluices.
Even Hague was repelled by the machinelike deadliness that was Kodyke.
When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.
She was sure she would reach the pool by climbing, and she clung to that belief despite the increasing number of obstacles.
It was secured by an oversized padlock.
The rustling problem was by no means solved.
Jess's coarse features twisted in a surprised grin which was smashed out of shape by Curt's fist.
Russ ran through the bills and named an amount it was highly unlikely any cowpuncher would come by honestly.
The truth was, the puncher was both bewildered and dismayed by his own mixed luck.
When it was followed by a second, whining even closer, Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression.

was and Washington's
A chance remark about Lenin's sealed train brought the rejoinder that this was a myth akin to George Washington's cherry tree.
The balance of Washington's second term was served by 6th ward Alderman Eugene Sawyer.
At the unveiling of the Emancipation Memorial in Washington's Lincoln Park, Douglass was the keynote speaker.
Washington's " Farewell Address " was an influential primer on republican virtue and a warning against partisanship, sectionalism, and involvement in foreign wars.
Washington's strenuous efforts meant that Virginia's frontier population suffered less than that of other colonies ; Ellis concludes " it was his only unqualified success " in the war.
The command structure of the armed forces was a hodgepodge of Congressional appointees ( and Congress sometimes made those appointments without Washington's input ) with state-appointments filling the lower ranks and of all of the militia-officers.
Washington's retirement to Mount Vernon was short-lived.
The rebels dispersed and there was no fighting, as Washington's forceful action proved the new government could protect itself.
Washington's Farewell Address ( issued as a public letter in 1796 ) was one of the most influential statements of republicanism.
Virginia delegates believed that Washington's election as the first president was an implicit condition for their acceptance of the new constitution and the new government.
This new design was issued on the bicentennial of George Washington's birth.
By Executive Order of the President of the United States, the Purple Heart was revived on the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's birth, out of respect to his memory and military achievements, by War Department General Orders No. 3, dated February 22, 1932.
Buoniconti looked at Washington's offensive formation on each play and shifted the defense so it was strongest where he felt Brown would run.
Washington's offensive line also had trouble handling Dolphins ' defensive tackle / nose tackle Manny Fernandez, who was very quick.
Washington's priority on defense was to disrupt Miami's ball-control offense by stopping Larry Csonka.
After a second-down screen pass to Harraway fell incomplete, left tackle Manny Fernandez sacked Kilmer on third down for a loss of eight yards, and Washington's drive ended with no points after kicker Curt Knight's ensuing 32-yard field goal attempt was wide right.
Much of Washington's success on offense was also attributed to their offensive line, affectionately known as " The Hogs ".
Washington's defense was just as effective at stopping their postseason opponent's rushing attack as they had been during the regular season, limiting running backs Eric Dickerson and Wendell Tyler to a combined total of 60 rushing yards.
The primary storyline surrounding Super Bowl XXII was that Washington's Doug Williams was the first African-American quarterback ever to start in a NFL league championship game, let alone a Super Bowl.
Running back George Rogers was Washington's leading rusher with 613 yards.
Even Washington's special teams unit was a big threat.
Washington's defense, which ranked third in the NFL in fewest yards allowed ( 4, 638 ), was led by all-pro defensive back Darrell Green, who was one of the fastest players in the NFL, and Pro Bowl linebacker Wilber Marshall.

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