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Let's hope he is now starting to understand just how mortifying his actions could have been.

"She found the whole situation mortifying having the marriage being pored over and the fact it kickstarted all this speculation once more."

Now in a fully updated and revised third edition, "China Survival Guide: How to Avoid Travel Troubles and Mortifying Mishaps" by Larry and Quin Herzberg is an ideal, pocket-sized, 264 page compendium packed from cover to cover with practical advice, insightful commentary, and invaluable tips on places to go, things to see, what to do, and what to avoid.

LONDON -- Nigella Lawson says having her private life raked over in a London courtroom was "mortifying'' but she is putting the case behind her.

TV cook Nigella Lawson has described the trial of her and ex-husband Charles Saatchi's personal assistants as "mortifying."

LONDON (AP) -- Nigella Lawson says having her private life raked over in a London courtroom was "mortifying" but she is putting the case behind her.

What could be more mortifying than a roomful of strangers who want to hear you read your adolescent diary aloud?

I wasn't kidding when I said [in the book] it was the most mortifying fact of my life.