Word: forgiven
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although the encounter with the political commissar was noted, it was also forgiven. But nine years later the party was not so lenient. In 1944, Uspensky, who had risen quickly in the Soviet Army, took part in a seminar on the post-war tactics of the Communist Party. Although he still considered himself a loyal Bolshevik, he felt that some of the party's actions were incompatible with Communist ideology, and used the opportunity to aim masked criticism at Stalin. "I was clandestine and hoped I could get away with it," Uspensky says. "I said things which are now considered...
Still, perhaps Hartman may be forgiven his high opinion of himself-and his reported $680,-000-a-year salary. He made the show a success, and he still works 14 or 15 hours a day, preparing for interviews and deciding who and what will be on the show. Though he has no experience in journalism, Hartman, who earned a degree in economics from Duke, has a characteristic required of any good journalist: curiosity. "His appeal is that he seems genuinely interested in the world," says his new competitor, Kuralt. "He is quite good at what he does...
Least likely to admit his mistakes, Olive nevertheless acknowledges his irresponsibility to subscribers and says, "I made some very bad mistakes, and I'm not trying to defend myself." Epps has yet to publicly convey either of those sentiments. As dean of students, he can be forgiven for concerning himself with the personal problems of one of his charges. But as overseer of HDNS, Epps still has almost 1000 subscribers to answer...
...letting well enough alone merely requires foresight, but the art of letting bad enough alone demands clairvoyance. That makes it a rare art indeed, and therefore William Agee may be forgiven for not having mastered it. At least he had not mastered it by the afternoon of Sept. 24. In a fit of candor, he faced 600 employees of the Bendix Corp., of which he is chairman, and tried to put to rest once and for all the rumors that his admittedly "close friendship" with attractive, blond Mary Cunningham, 29, had anything to do with her rise from executive assistant...
...Take Jimmy Carter's interview in Playboy in which he said he had lusted after women in his heart, but God had always forgiven him--I could not make that up. We now have a bumper sticker in Washington that says, 'In his heart, he knows your wife...