Word: forgiven
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...told friends that he's been staying out of town -- on trips to Eastern Europe and Russia -- to avoid the Iraqgate controversy. He also reminded them that, after all, predecessor Richard Helms served both Presidents Johnson and Nixon. Forget it, Bob. Clinton insiders say Gates will not be forgiven his agency's role in withholding from Congress and the Department of Justice information that showed the scope of the scandal...
Given the price tag on a college diploma, even comfortably middle-class parents might be forgiven for wondering where to find $100,000 to send a child to a private college for four years. Many are convinced that if they were much richer -- or much poorer -- money would not be a problem. Some view a private- college education as an entitlement, much like unlimited high-tech health care. Such attitudes harden during difficult economic times and a tight job market, when a degree from a top school becomes all the more precious just when it is hardest to afford...
Fischer, the eternally callow prodigy, has been forgiven much in the past thanks to the splendors of his chess; at his peak he was, many experts believe, the greatest player ever. So, apart from speculations about whether he will wind up in some federal slammer, spitting on the guards, the big question as the games in Yugoslavia began was, How good is Bobby...
While the world was recoiling in shock from the visible inhumanity, Western reaction was more rhetorical than real. Under pressure to do something -- anything -- the U.N. Security Council passed a vague resolution that provided for "all measures necessary" to ensure delivery of relief supplies. Observers could be forgiven if they somehow got the idea that the U.N. had authorized the use of force to stop the war and end the barbarities. That was hardly the case. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger spelled it out carefully: "What we are talking about is the provision of humanitarian assistance...
...found mellow wisdom on hard roads. He tells us, in The Hank Williams Syndrome Is Dead, that it's better to trust an artist's songs than to imitate his misspent life. In Didn't We Shine? he administers balm to all lost loves: "But I've long ago forgiven you/ For what you did or didn't do." With these witty, poignant songs, Jennings proves that the country heart is equidistant from the brain and the gut. Keep on Waylon...