1.   He would prefer not to risk another embarrassing defeat.

2.   Mowbray was frustrated over Achilles tendon and ankle injuries, and was suspended for the last game when Celtic suffered an embarrassing home defeat to Hibs.

3.   DAVID MAGEE saved the defending Torrie Stockbrokers National League champions, Kelburne, from an embarrassing defeat at Touche Ross yesterday.

4.   And this loss comes on the heels of its embarrassing defeat last week at home to the Cleveland Browns.

5.   And turned around what would have been an embarrassing defeat.

6.   At the same time, Dole is feeling the heat from the right wing of his party, which would happily hand Clinton an embarrassing international defeat.

7.   But Andreychuk could not push the puck past Islanders goaltender Tommy Salo and the Devils suffered an embarrassing home defeat.

8.   But through parliamentary maneuver and persuasion, he has passed critical bills for the president and has spared him from embarrassing defeats and hard choices.

9.   His allies say DeLay is trying to pass some modest gun control measure to keep Hastert, who virtually promised some gun control, from another embarrassing defeat.

10.   If true, that could lead to another embarrassing defeat for the United States in the new trade body.