In his long career, he had ignored all the public attacks on him, except one.

Each has come under some public attack as an unjustifiable benefit for House members.

His latest show takes advantage of a moment when art about sexuality has come under public attack.

"Do we intend this to be a public attack, with the entire world knowing who did what to whom?"

I was totally humiliated by the public attack on my character.

His comments were the first direct public attack on the president's nuclear policy by such a senior cleric.

There have already been public attacks on the offices of the hated security police.

But the virulence of the public attack that soon occurred, and its source, remain a mystery.

But the network commitment has not made some of the public attacks on the show any easier to take.

"It appears to be our turn in this pattern of public attacks," he said.