A more basic problem is this: How does a prestigious, tradition-bound, nonprofit organization like the golf association, dating to 1894 and the Victorian era, go about calling attention to itself in the shamelessly self-promotional early years of the 21st century without appearing undignified?
Yes, the January 25 democracy protests were about economic conditions, domestic governance issues and freedom, but a part of the democracy deficit in Egypt was also a dignity deficit, and these Israeli designed policies for the region appeared undignified and anti-Arab to the Egyptian public.
While it may seem undignified to heartily endorse a book in which my name appears, I'm reassured by the words of John Steinbeck: "Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard".
He also said that he rejected an offer to appear on "Saturday Night Live," as he felt it would make him look undignified.
It's on camera, in fact, where most people appear awkward and undignified.
"At a time when the most unassuming New England village floodlights its First Presbyterian Church as a matter of course, and most of the public buildings of Washington are brilliantly lit at night, the White House appears to be in permanent mourning," Mr. Moynihan griped, calling the practice "undignified".
Still, she was left in no doubt that what had seemed to her a bold and necessary bid to put the ordinary diner at the heart of the reviewing process appeared to her pay-masters as an undignified stunt.
Now into the second week of their increasingly undignified courtroom contretemps, both parties appear to have reached the stage at which biting, gouging and hair-pulling (or getting their lawyers to do so on their behalf) becomes accepted practice.
Charming when it first appeared, the show now has something dutiful and undignified about it, like a society lady in her eighties wearing spandex and shimmying her hips; it's nice to know she can do it on New Year's Eve, but you don't really want to see her doing it every night.
"Wasabi face," he said, trying not to look too undignified.
