Word: forgiven
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Indeed, the Watergate crew has turned out to be an incredibly literate band of co-conspirators, producing a stream of fiction and non-fiction that began, it seems with the first indictment Charles Colson, in his memoir, Born Again, told how Jesus--if no one else--has forgiven him for paying hush money to the Watergate burglars. In Blind Ambition, John Dean reminded us that he decided to snitch on Nixon for the good of the country--not to mention the success of his own plea-bargaining. And G. Gordon Liddy's bizarre autobiography, Will, left no doubt that...
...purges of the 1930s and 40s may remain unchallenged as the greatest. Under his direction, forced collectivization of land saw millions of people murdered throughout the Russian countryside, all for the creation of a centralized, military, industrial state and the dream of Communism in Russia. Whether he remains forgiven is the question to ask. The Times article described an aura of resentment that hung over Suslov's funeral ceremony in Moscow. Even with the grand treatment expended towards commemoration of his death, how, after all, could anyone forget the atrocities he committed, almost with his own hands...
...hundreds of them, Hatfields clustered around West Virginia towns like Belfry and Double Camp, McCoys settled in Pilgrim and Jamboree in Kentucky. Many still hunt (raccoons, squirrels) and gather (chestnuts, huckleberries), but they also watch cable TV and vacation in New Jersey. The feud is unequivocally over. All is forgiven. Forgotten? Not just yet. "Why, we're plain old Hatfields and McCoys," says one of the latter in a shrugging, boiler-plate disclaimer, "good friends and neighbors . . ." Yet after a reminiscence has meandered a while, and the truce reaffirmed again, the rote kindliness can give way to neat bursts...
...would have it, that Reagan last week consigned himself to being "a ten-month President." But there are memories of how small and not-so-small ineptitudes can accumulate, until one day the balance unexpectedly tips against a man. Lyndon Johnson through budget deficits and Viet Nam setbacks was forgiven a host of petty exaggerations, but he ultimately was standing in the credibility gap. Some vague suspicion about Jimmy Carter's competence hardened the day he embraced his troubled friend and Budget Director, Bert Lance. Carter's presidency was never quite the same after that...
...intention of [being the first to use] nuclear weapons. That rules out a pre-emptive strike. Why shouldn't the U.S. respond with a similar statement? Such a statement would do much to calm the very tense atmosphere and allay fear. None of us will be forgiven if nuclear weapons are ever used. We rule out the possibility of limited nuclear war. In a nuclear war, whether supposedly limited or unlimited, it will be difficult to tell the victor from the vanquished. We're not advocates of a strategy of preventive war, and we're not looking...