Word: forgiven
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...These include such offenses as despairing of salvation and obstinacy in sinning. As long as they persist, they are in some sense unforgivable. The doctrine raises interesting questions of unforgivability. If it had been 6 million Catholics who were exterminated in the Nazi death camps, would the Pope have forgiven Adolf Eichmann? Or would he have had Eichmann hunted down, taken to Rome for trial and executed, as the Jews brought Eichmann to Jerusalem for judgment and hanging...
...American people have never forgiven the press for Watergate-not because the press caused the situation, but because journalists reveled in it. Former President Nixon may have sealed his own fate, but the pursuit of him by the press was almost too cruel to witness. It was like dogs cornering a wounded hare...
...carriers like these are changing the face of U.S. air travel. A few years ago, most airlines offered identical fares and service; once passengers were inside a plane, they could be forgiven for forgetting which line they were flying. Today's travelers have a bewildering abundance of choices about when and where to fly, what service is available en route and how much...
...excellence that would grant sums to schools to help them improve instruction. Senator Ernest Rollings wants $ 14 billion, in part to give certain qualified public school teachers $5,000 raises. Senator John Glenn's $4 billion plan would include loans to math and science majors that would be forgiven for students who go on to teach those subjects...
Whites in Zimbabwe still have not forgiven Nkomo for his elation over the massacre, nor for the subsequent rebel rocket attack on yet another Viscount in 1979, in which 59 passengers and crew died. His only regret, said Nkomo of that incident, was that the principal target of the attack, Rhodesian Defense Chief Peter Walls, was not aboard the flight...