Word: apologye
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Thank you for producing an intelligent article about the follies of going to war with Iran [Sept. 25]. That is what the media are here for; otherwise, we might be convinced that we would be greeted in the streets with flowers as liberators, that the war would last scarcely six...
Of Royal Chromosomes You owe Japan's princess Masako an apology for reporting that she "failed in her one traditional duty: to produce a male heir" [Sept. 18], as if that were actually within her control. The only failures here are in your demeaning statement that this is her one...
Ségolène Royal has succeeded by presenting herself as the image of honorable French womanhood and employing the politics of charm [Sept. 18]. She is adept at handling policy issues pragmatically rather than ideologically. Since her partner, Socialist Party secretary François Hollande, has also been...
The award for the most egregious use of the half-apology (i.e. misuse of the apology) goes to Sen. Allen, who referred to an Indian-American as “macaca, or whatever his name is.”
When asked to explain himself a few days later, Allen said, “I would never want to demean him as an individual. I do apologize if he’s offended by that.” Since Sidarth made clear in interviews that he was offended by the...