Word: forgiven
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...take issue specifically with the possibility that even "Hitler can be forgiven" as a way of ridiculing salvation through faith. The speaker can only be accused of a lack of imagination; people often use Nazism as an example of absolute evil...
...piece unwittingly insults a central theme of Christianity, namely that sins can be forgiven. If even criminals can hope for change, others who have committed far less serious infractions will be permitted to do good. It allows healing and reconciliation between transgressors and victims and facilitates a path to peace--essential for interpersonal relationships and international diplomacy...
...there's a catch. Fears that loans forgiven without strings attached will only enrich corrupt governments without helping the poor have led rich countries to impose strict conditions. As a result, the benefits of debt relief have so far been limited to a few desperate countries like Mali, Guyana and Burkina Faso. Many others, including Nigeria and Haiti, may be years away from similar programs...
...myth of coming to Harvard is "sink or swim," most first-years might be forgiven for anticipating a life on the ocean floor...
...Moscow is arresting an alleged U.S. "spy"; the next day the U.S. seizes a Russian oil tanker in the Persian Gulf on suspicion that it is carrying Iraqi oil. Anyone would be forgiven for thinking the clock had been turned back two decades to the height of the Cold War - and that's exactly the spin President Vladimir Putin's government wants to put on its relations with the West. The U.S. Navy announced Friday that its forces maintaining a blockade of Iraq were holding a Russian tanker pending tests to establish the origin of the oil on board, prompting...