Word: forgiven
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...forgiven for lifting his eyes to the horizon. Once the subject of withering criticism from human-rights groups for his authoritarian ways and intolerance of dissent, he is now widely acknowledged as Asia's most respected senior statesman. Others may pen lengthy memoirs and seek to use their years on the world stage to tout their punditry and powers of prediction. Some can even lay claim to having guided far larger countries or served as leaders for longer than Lee. But Lee is unique. It is not just that his cold-eyed, totally nonideological analysis has set him apart from...
...Chinese kids can be forgiven for thinking Japan is a nation of "devils," a slur used without embarrassment in polite Chinese society. They were raised to feel that way, and not just through cartoons. Starting in elementary school children learn reading, writing and the "Education in National Humiliation." This last curriculum teaches that Japanese "bandits" brutalized China throughout the 1930s and would do so today given half a chance. Although European colonial powers receive their share of censure, the main goal is keeping memories of Japanese conquest fresh. Thousands of students each day, for instance, take class trips...
Treating the candidate’s answers as mere interludes to their next opportunity to speak, Banerji and Lee could perhaps be forgiven if somewhere in the midst of the circus, they had asked illuminating questions. Instead, they welcomed us to what they dubbed “the no-bullshit zone” by asking Gadgil, “Why do you want to be vice-president?” Unsatisfied with the response elicited by Banerji, Lee shot forth subsequently, “Why are you playing second-fiddle?” As if Gadgil didn?...
...appeared drunk and incapable on TV, broke the hearts of many a woman who thought she could tame him, was jailed for head-butting a policeman who dared to breathalyze him. Yet somehow, he was forgiven by anyone who saw him play. I count myself lucky to have been among them. It is sad that he has gone. Yet somehow the idea of an old George Best never seemed right. He was born to play soccer, and probably, because of those demons, born to die too soon...
...public might have forgiven her. But, Pinsonat says, "you've got to convince them you're in control." Instead, Blanco waited seven weeks to appoint a recovery commission. She was slow to call the legislature back into session to deal with a nearly $1 billion decline in tax revenue. Her suggested cuts--to education and health care--came under fire last week as unrealistic. In 21 years in state politics, Blanco, a Democrat, was always cautious and deliberative. But those qualities have turned into liabilities...