The history of the Ushers is a history of savage degradations.

What does that indignity amount to, weighed, I mean, in the scales of the New

It is as if they were combining the Arab Islamic world s culture of humiliation and Asia s culture of hope.

Only one party rule would guarantee the continuing rise of China and put an end to centuries of national humiliation.

The opportunity that Saakashvili presented to him to signal to the world Russia could no longer be humiliated was simply too tempting.

Other academic disciplines have looked rather smugly at the public humiliation of their colleagues in economics.

The Arab world, too, with its ongoing revolution, may also be joining the game, overcoming the humiliation that had been its peoples animating emotional force.

Fuck it! Is it normal that, this week, the parliament would be discussing relinquishing our lands to another country or not? Fuck this disgrace and humiliation

The resulting humiliation and blatant mistrust that Russia s elite has felt ever since has led them to their current policy of rearmament.

In the absence of an analog to the West s Industrial Revolution, Muslims (and especially Arabs) have faced multiple humiliations and partial colonization over the past two centuries.

It would be tantamount to double jeopardy for such countries to suffer humiliation and abuse in addition to bearing the material costs for assigning their nationals to undertake these United Nations missions.

In the Arab world, in particular, Islam is dominated by a culture of humiliation felt by the people and nations that consider themselves the main losers, the worst victims, of a new and unjust international system.

But the Chinese Communist Party still harps on old grievances to reinforce its claim to legitimacy full restoration of China s dignity after a century of humiliation at the hands of foreign powers.

On taking office, Russia s new president, Dmitry Medvedev, should order an independent review process to help end the country s pattern of stigmatizing and discriminating against people with disabilities.

They caused death and destruction to Indians with near impunity, searing India s psyche, showing up the limitations of its security apparatus and humiliating its government.

He reported recent incidents during which the Permanent Representative and his wife had undergone an extremely humiliating search justified by the airline on the ground that SSSS appeared on their airline tickets.

Palestinians will recognize Hamas s acceptance of a multi year truce with Israel as a sign of defeat, which would also underscore Palestinian feelings of humiliation and abandonment.

This is a real cinema of humility the directors again and again have chosen to take seriously the dramas and struggles of ordinary people and find the heroism or tragedy therein.

This owes much to the humiliations that Russia suffered when the end of communism forced its economy to its knees, and to Western short sightedness about Russia s fundamental strengths and resilience.

Energy wealth gives them a sense of unique opportunity, the conviction that time is playing in their favor, and that they can now redress the humiliations they have suffered from the outside world.

With the North s new leader Kim Jong un feeling the heat of that technical humiliation, there is now every reason to be concerned that another nuclear weapon test, or some other chest beating military antic, is imminent.

This urge stems from a desire to make up for the years of Russia s humiliation after the USSR collapsed, years when the West contemptuously disregarded Russia s views and interests.

The diplomats surrounding Putin may find it natural, given their training, to apply the old Soviet era methods, and may believe that the moment has come to undo yesterday s humiliation.

The political humiliation and economic frustration of dealing with IMF imperatives confirmed the central importance of maintaining large reserves, as an issue not just of currency stability, but also economic sovereignty.

So is employing young men, educating young women, and addressing values of liberty and justice, which means ameliorating the sense of indignity in the region that stems from issues like the Israel Palestine conflict.

We in the West may badly need Russia s energy, but if Russia does not want its future to degenerate into Oriental despotism, it must engage with the West in good faith. If Putin genuinely seeks to bolster Russia s global standing, he must not allow Russians sense of humiliation in the years since the Soviet collapse to stand in the way.

To persist in the belief that reformists and hardliners are just masks of the same enemy, and to take pleasure in the victory of the latter, is not merely cynical, but is an added insult to a people that has already been humiliated enough.

Other academic disciplines have looked rather smugly at the public humiliation of their colleagues in economics. The non mathematical appear to have their revenge, as the perils of over reliance on complex symbolic notation and arcane formulae are relentlessly exposed.

After all, dominant powers have always struggled to cope with rising ones. Nonetheless, China, burdened by 150 years of perceived humiliation by the West, does not take kindly to that reaction.

In the absence of an analog to the West s Industrial Revolution, Muslims (and especially Arabs) have faced multiple humiliations and partial colonization over the past two centuries. The resulting legacy of grievance, shame, and anger is part of what underpins the region s current malaise.

MADRID Humbled by the Republicans landslide mid term election victory, US President Barack Obama will now need to negotiate every minor detail of his domestic agenda with a confrontational Congress at least until the next elections in 2012.