R. Release date: Feb. 22. Joe the King Frank Whaley's sincere but wobbly first film does a good enough job of conveying the embarrassment, panic and despair of a young boy (Noah Fleiss) growing up dirt poor in a strife-torn household in upstate New York in the 1970's.
And Lisa McDonald and Daniel Bayle convey the nervy embarrassment of bedside visitors and Gwyneth Strong the pangs of rejected maternal love.
The truth is that it's a hard story to share, and I'm not certain if I could convey to Andrew the embarrassment I felt (and still feel) for my father.
"Compared to the benefits heterosexual marriages convey, gay marriages are an embarrassment — that we should accept so little, and with so much hoopla of excitement and self-congratulation".
For decades, countries like Congo and a score of other African nations have been humorously described as "geological scandals". The term was intended to convey a sense of their embarrassment of mineral riches.
Mr. Boomer and his writers manage to convey the sense of total embarrassment and shame a parent can inflict on a child -- often with the best of intentions -- without making the parent look like a total jerk.
These messages — one might call them Tweets of shame — convey a distinct mix of guilt, regret and embarrassment.
As my colleague Seth Mydans once wrote, a smile in Asia can convey "happiness or sadness, regret or anticipation, triumph or embarrassment, warmth or wickedness".
George Balanchine's early years presented the festival both with an embarrassment of riches and a problem: Could it convey the range and plenitude?
They appeared to experience shame and embarrassment about the ostomy and, in varying degrees, hesitated to convey this information.
"I sincerely apologize for any embarrassment I caused either to you or the parents who were involved, and I hope you convey this feeling to the parents," Berndt wrote.
