Word: forgiven
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...else their ideals and education might lead them. Through the last decade, for just a fraction of what Harvard spent on fund manager bonuses, it could have frozen tuition at all its schools. For just a fraction of the recent (inflation-adjusted) growth in the endowment, Harvard could have forgiven the college and graduate school debts of all its recent graduates who chose to enter public service and other modestly-paying professions...
...They sent far too few troops, were reckless in postinvasion planning and turned a deaf ear to constructive criticism, even from within their own ranks. Their abdication of the moral high ground, by allowing the abuse and torture of military detainees, is repellent. Their incompetence and misjudgments might be forgiven. Their arrogance and obstinacy remain inexcusable...
...woman who has been faithfully swallowing her daily calcium supplements in hopes of staving off osteoporosis and colorectal cancer can be forgiven for being confused by news last week that two major studies found that the pills provide little or no benefit against either condition. But as is so often the case with complicated health studies, it pays to dig beyond the headlines...
...sustained economic miracle the modern world has seen. But Koizumi's legacy now hangs in the balance. If the same self-confidence, the same belief in his own rightness that helped turn the economy around, ends up alienating Japan's neighbors for a generation, he will not easily be forgiven. And Japan will yearn once more for a political life of the stately dullness...
...best restaurants in the world. After decades of strong economic growth, per-capita income last year was $24,220, about the same as Italy. As they trip around Asia, popping off to Bali or Perth for the weekend while dressed in Prada and Gucci, wealthier Singaporeans could be forgiven for pitying their former European masters, whose day in the sun - they will sometimes tell you - is now all but over...