Of his own return back to the Famous Five books he'd once loved, Rudd writes: I found the magic lacking, while the simple vocabulary and the old-fashioned and often embarrassing attitudes obtruded woefully … We adults are left with empty words, whereas our children, like millions of others, are transported.
You just have to have the, "I don't care, I'm not embarrassed, whatever" attitude.
"This is a short-sighted, embarrassing and deeply disappointing attitude from the United States," said Friedbert Pfluger, a local politician who lobbied hard for an American presence.
Ed Burke, typically a labor proponent, said he was "starting to get embarrassed at the attitude of some leaders of organized labor".
Frankly, some European countries' attitude to the Internet is becoming embarrassing.
Nevertheless, as well as embarrassing the government, it raises tough questions about the attitude of young Englishmen to drink, casual violence, and foreigners.
Nonetheless, bosoms are seen as cheap, embarrassing, even – gasp! – unfashionable, and are treated with an attitude close to distaste by many in the women's fashion business.
My late father always used to say there was nothing wrong with the offensive, embarrassing and uncomfortable breeze of truth apart from the halitosis of social attitude.
It is usual to characterise the Carry On films in relation to Angus McGill seaside postcards and that peculiar British attitude to sex which regards it as, in essence, socially embarrassing.
#*Keep in mind that this process can be embarrassing for some people, so try to work quickly and with a purposeful attitude.
In the same way, using the equipment in gynecological departments is and embarrassing for the teenage patient and is not really a feasible alternative because of gynecologists' negative attitude towards GPs.
