Word: condemnation
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...obvious that there is a scar on the body of our society. Our people condemn the fact that we deployed forces in Afghanistan. They believe it was wrong. But it has also scarred those who participated in the war, especially the young, demobilized from the army. Many say they will never be themselves again. I also participated in the war and was there for 2 1/2 years. I was an older soldier who could endure the scars, but the effect on the young was different...
...become more acceptable to speak critically about Israel during the last two years, critics have worked hard to draw important distinctions. Those who condemn current policies of the Israeli government underscore that, in doing so, they are not denying Israel's right to exist. Similarly, critics of the Israeli role in the occupied territories are careful to distinguish between governance in the territories and policy within Israel proper...
...even as we condemn waste-exporting companies for their insensitivity to the impact of their deadly trade on Third World inhabitants, we can see that their balance sheets leave them little choice. Any company with sufficient ethics to look beyond the bottom line is put at an immediate disadvantage vis-a-vis less scrupulous competitors. If any company is permitted to do it, all must out of necessity follow...
...also mourned the slaying of Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, who was taken hostage on a U.N. mission in Lebanon in February 1988 and subsequently slain. He called Higgins "a man of unquestioned bravery and unswerving dedication to the U.N. ideal" and called on the General Assembly to condemn the murder...
Conversely, why bother to support what market Darwinism seems to condemn to obscurity? "I have fundamental questions," Helms grated, "about why the Federal Government is supporting artists the taxpayers have refused to support in the marketplace." But this was exactly what the NEA was created, in 1965, to do -- and it was the wisest of decisions. Lots of admirable art does badly at first; its rewards to the patron are not immediate and may never come. Hence the need for the NEA. It is there to help the self-realization of culture that is not immediately successful...