Word: forgiven
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Shoppers Venturing into the new supersize Sears Grand concept store in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., off the old Route 66, can be forgiven for double-checking the name on the façade. Perhaps it's the barbecue grills on sale outside the entrance, an echo of Home Depot's parking-lot bonanzas, or the reams of DVDs, CDs and books that make you think you've stumbled into Wal-Mart. Maybe it's the colorful signs hanging from the industrial, sky-high ceiling, festooned with cheeky slogans like IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT, which remind one of the king...
...late. Just imagine how effective the fight against terrorism could be if all the countries of the world would work together instead of sitting back and criticizing the actions of the U.S. and Britain. Maciek Puna Secunda, South Africa Recapping the Debates Viewers of the debates could be forgiven for thinking that neither candidate can see the woods for the terrorists [Oct 11.]. No terrorist attack, no matter how dire, could pose the threat to all human life that already exists, gets worse by the day and is studiously ignored by politicians. Yet the environment has scarcely featured...
...when she introduced Obama at a rally for Senator Russ Feingold in Milwaukee, Wis., on Oct. 9. By then, Obama45 points ahead of his opponent, Republican Alan Keyeswas spending much of his time campaigning for other politicians. On this bright Saturday morning in a swing state, Moore could be forgiven for getting carried away. "He's all of us! He's not black! He's not white! He's not, you know ...," she faltered in mid-sentence. "I was going to say, 'He's not male. He's not female,'" she said, laughing...
...Obama will encounter similar challenges. "He could reach a point where he has some very serious conflict between the agenda of [a potential presidential] ticket and the agenda he's got to carry as the only African American in the Senate," says Walters. Says Rush, who has not fully forgiven Obama's audacious run against him: "In my community, the basic desire is to get a black into the Senate. Once he gets in, we can nudge him along on the path that might be less comfortable...
...watches the spectacle with a different emotion. If the pollsters are right, there is a mass of voters--off the media's radar because they seldom scream--who can live with either outcome but dread an Uncivil War. As the warnings of chaos grow more dire, they could be forgiven for caring less about who wins this election than about how he wins and when. A TIME poll finds that 48% of Americans believe that an illegitimate winner may prevail; 56% are ready to abolish the Electoral College. "A certain amount of shenanigans is standard. But it'd be really...