Word: forgiven
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...trip from Albertville to such distant sites as Courchevel and Val d'Isere. Any time not spent in a bus in the days before the Games seemed to be spent in a line for a bus. And on the epic rides along treacherous, icy roads, the passenger could be forgiven for thinking himself a born luger and wondering which new Olympic events he could enter: free-style cursing, perhaps, or uphill climbing, or cheap skating (since a pair of tacos at the top of the mountains would set him back $16). When striking taxi drivers blocked the area's only...
...also prefers that course, by summer most of the new states are likely to end up competing in Barcelona under their own flag. Their athletes may continue to win, but they will also be competing against one another. Members of the rest of the world's teams will be forgiven if they quietly sigh in relief that the Soviet juggernaut's decades of dominance are over...
...challenged his science -- or his personal honesty -- but David Baltimore, one of the world's leading biologists, signed his name over a co- author's research that federal investigators later determined was faked. His mistake might have been forgiven, but not his prideful refusal to re- examine the data. Instead he belittled the whistle-blowers and decried the government's "witch-hunt." The controversy helped bring about his resignation as president of Rockefeller University...
...state reptile of Arizona is the ridge-nosed rattlesnake, but voters might be forgiven if they occasionally confuse the reptile with some of their politicians, who have been slithering past the law since the days of Congressman Charles Poston. Known as the "Father of Arizona" for his campaign for territorial status, Poston set a bad example for later generations of politicians when he set out for Washington to claim his congressional seat in 1864 but took a scenic detour -- through Panama -- at a cost to taxpayers...
Tabak suggested that the University could eliminate its ties with ROTC, and that students who would be prevented from attending Harvard would be eligible for alumni-funded scholarships or would have their student loans forgiven if they entered public service after graduation...