Word: forgiven
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Altman could be forgiven if, four days later, he thought he heard moving vans coming up the driveway. On Friday the Senate Banking Committee opened hearings on whether White House and Treasury officials had intervened in a federal investigation of a failed Arkansas savings and loan with ties to the Clintons. Republican Senators charged Altman not only with lying to Congress about the extent and nature of those contacts but also with breaking federal rules of confidentiality by telling the White House about the progress and timing of the probe. Altman was in a good position to know. From March...
...last dance the most memorable Wimbledon in years. Against all odds, she swept through to the finals, vanquishing veterans and prodigies alike. Meanwhile Graf fell out in the first round, and second-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 22, was sent to the sidelines in the fourth. Navratilova could be forgiven last Saturday if she was overcome with the urge to pinch herself. For there she was on Centre Court again, playing for an unprecedented 10th ladies' singles title against third- seeded Conchita Martinez, 22, a baseline basher from Barcelona, Spain...
...That can change, others say, if New Orleans draws on its inner grit and bonhomie. "It has things going for it that others don't," says Renwick. "Who would want to eat in Atlanta compared to New Orleans anyway?" In times like these, a little civic chauvinism should be forgiven...
...office, Governor Wilson has issued 27 declarations of emergency covering 56 of the state's 58 counties. "I want to thank you for all the help you gave me to become Governor," he wryly tells his political supporters, "and I want you to know that I've almost forgiven...
...What made him unique among psychiatrists I have known is that he stretched out on his couch and the patient sat in the chair. Morse would stare at the ceiling as he listened to my story. Occasionally, he would nod his head." Morse asked Buchwald: "Have you forgiven your father for putting you in all those homes?" Buchwald: "Of course. He couldn't help it." Pause. "Okay, so maybe I was mad once in a while, but after all, you can't go blaming everyone for your own life...