Word: corrects
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...have slaughtered the Indians.” It is no consolation that this was meant to refer to an athletic team, as the further dehumanization of the “Indian” moniker—no matter how tongue-in-cheek—only contributes to the politically correct debate that the author so sarcastically laments. Furthermore, the examples cited compare Native Americans to animals and, as is the case of the Trojan mascot, insinuate that real native peoples no longer exist, only their descendents. This type of characterization and generalization, in addition to the hostile tone in which...
...Daniel wrote about the recent dissolution of the Soviet Socialist Republics,” Seward wrote in an e-mail. “The piece probably could have run in the Economist with minor editing to correct for the spelling of Gorbachev...
...were dealing with "numerous" other significant events, including firefights and bombings. A bombing that killed 15 "would be one of maybe a dozen high-interest items in a single day," says an officer who served in Iraq. But it is clear that Marines misreported the initial incident, did not correct it, and officers did not investigate it. The question Natonski will get - and one that may be answered by a military court-martial - is, should the commanders have known...
...Virtually all of this debate on the correct appellation actually centers on finding a definition that aptly describes the situation on the ground. So no matter what the word choice, every editorial board in the country has at some stage considered where they will fall on the question of meaning. And predictably, those editors interviewed by The Washington Post who still avoid using the term “civil war,” most cited definition as their defense...
...other suggestions that, according to leaked reports, will be put forward by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group in Washington aimed at remedying the situation. He has, for instance, dismissed the idea of an international conference to discuss Iraq's problems. "We think it is neither reasonable nor correct to discuss questions relating to Iraq in the framework of international conferences," he told journalists in Amman, while en route to Washington. And he reiterated that message at the White House...