Word: forgiven
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...George Bush unequivocally rules out a tax increase, saying that he will cure our budgetary ills with spending cuts. Mike Dukakis plans to raise revenue with a tax amnesty program and tougher enforcement. Pat Robertson has even suggested holding a "jubilee" every fifty years when all debts would be forgiven...
...however, it may be too late for change. Nixon is already listened to by many people. His party has already forgiven him for the crimes he committed against the nation. The President has already accepted him as an expert on public policy. But if we are already willing to overlook Nixon's manipulations, lies and utter disrespect for the highest office and laws of the land, then the damage he did to the ideals of the nation is irreversible...
...these things could be forgiven, as they have in the past, were it not for Noriega's wandering eyes. In fact, the United States government had an inkling for quite some time that Noriega was more than your average sweet dictator-next-door as far back as 1972, when U.S. intelligence received reports that Noriega was involved in heroin tracking into the United States. In 1980 the Justice Department had enough evidence that Noriega was involved in illegal arms deals to issue an indictment on conspiracy charges, but refrained from doing so. Later some of these arms turned...
...appeared eager to forgive, if not to forget. Said Mavis Peterson, a retiree in Springfield who has watched the evangelist's shows for a decade: "Brother Swaggart is an imperfect human being, but the Bible says those who love the Lord and seek the truth shall have their sins forgiven if they repent." Still, there is doubt whether Swaggart will ever again have the same level of revival stardom or draw such big TV and in-person audiences in the U.S. and overseas...
...place behind Sen. Robert Dole. In Hawaii they delivered 82 percent of the vote for Robertson. Quite an accomplishment for a man who claims to have diverted hurricanes and has supported a deficitcutting measure to defy all others--declaring "a year of jubilee," in which all debts would be forgiven...