Word: failings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good man and wants to remarry within the Church, what should she do? The Roman Church's answer is annullment, whereby the Church says that the marriage never occurred. This is essentially fancy foot work around the morally disturbing problem that a marriage begun with good intentions can fail. (Here at Harvard we aren't very comfortable with the idea of failure either, since so many of us have very little experience with...
Saro-Wiwa was not killed by a little-known individual. Even today we fail to truly comprehend the vicious crimes committed by Lee Harvey Oswald and Yigal Amir. We are horrified to contemplate that their actions were possibly sanctioned by greater authorities in their respective countries...
...Wolfe's attempts to open up the play to outside influences, he simplifies and limits the text. All the hammering percussion cannot drum up the menace his actors fail to instill. All the bewitching lighting effects cannot etherealize an Ariel (Aunjanue Ellis) who delivers a version of "Full fathom five..." devoid of gorgeous heartbreak...
...There is no problem which is far from us; we fail to act out of ignorance," Chaponda said "We must remain vigilant. Let us use this [execution] as a platform to put to the forefront the Nigernan crisis...
...will be no peace without America's engagement. If we turn our backs on this responsibility the damage to America's ability to lead, not just in NATO but in pursuit around the world of our interests in peace and prosperity, would be profound." He added: "If the negotiations fail and the war resumes, as it in all probability would, there is a very real risk that it could spread beyond Bosnia, and involve Europe's new democracies as well as our NATO allies." Given the size and cost of the planned commitment, -- about 20,000 U.S. troops...