Word: forgiven
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...when the Crimson fell behind the then-No. 1 Golden Eagles just 62 seconds into the contest at the Bright Hockey Center, one could have been forgiven for expecting the worst. But Harvard’s power play supplied the requisite offense, notching three man-advantage goals, and, as would be the case all season long, Dov Grumet-Morris made the lead stand up, stonewalling the Golden Eagles’ offense with a performance highlighted by his rebuffing of a penalty shot with less than five minutes left to play in the second period...
...Their 2004 installation of Portaloos, rapture, was labeled "crap" by conservative M.P. Deborah Coddington, and their studied anonymity enraged TV presenter Paul Holmes. Even Prime Minister Helen Clark weighed in, saying the country's representative artists should "be able to articulate what this work is about." But all was forgiven in October, when et al. took out the nation's top art award for restricted access, an installation that included footage of Holmes chastising the artists. The Walters Prize judge was 2007 Biennale director Robert Storr, giving the artists a head start for this year's race...
...more liberal Pope could bring about much change. The Catholic Church will always insist on the Pope's overarching status. Europe will not be saved by the Pope, nor will Christianity grow in Western Europe, as almost two millenniums of church tyranny will not be easily forgotten or forgiven. My hope is that the next Pope will be a man who will truly attempt to bring reconciliation to the universal church of Jesus Christ. Craig Lester Spalding, England Pope Benedict can, I trust, give much to the church; help the poor and the sinners; and since he is German, influence...
...People feel very, very deeply about this club," says John Williams, director of the University of Leicester's Centre for the Sociology of Sport. But if Manchester United is as successful under Glazer's ownership as the Buccaneers, who won the Super Bowl in 2003, all may be soon forgiven...
...Social Democratic Party ( spd) agreed to abandon its Marxist rhetoric and embrace market capitalism in 1959, but casual observers of the current political campaign in North Rhine?Westphalia could be forgiven for not knowing that. Party officials led by chairman Franz Müntefering have delivered a ferocious critique of private investors that has dominated the campaign. In his most cited remarks, Müntefering compared private equity groups and short-term investors like hedge funds to "swarms of locusts" that fall on companies, devour all they can, and then move on. "Some financial investors don't waste any thoughts...