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Liem--a professor of ichthyology--has become infamous for one of his House party sayings: that he should be forgiven for not learning students' names, as for every new name he learns, he forgets one fish species...
...move came as a direct response to mounting calls throughout the Arab world for boycotts of American goods to protest U.S. support for Israel - indeed, Saudi Arabia has offered treatment in its own hospitals for Palestinian youths wounded in clashes with Israeli troops. McDonald's officials would be forgiven for feeling a little uneasy, in light of Burger King's experience in the region last year: The company was forced under threat of a boycott throughout the Islamic world to withdraw its Whoppers from a food court in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, but then found itself denounced...
...highest corporate bidder, they can be my guest, so long as they bring in the talent to field a competitive team. Thankfully, most Red Sox fans will agree on that point, and thus, while this latest price hike may spark a temporary hue and cry, all will be forgiven by opening...
...crime by shifting the tally to some right-wing drooler. Even Pat Buchanan was surprised to learn he had racked up votes in condominium precincts made up almost entirely of retired Jews. I suppose it's possible that they loved his position against free trade and have forgiven him for questioning the extent of the Nazis' responsibility for the Holocaust, but I doubt...
...issue of character, although not always explicit, has hung gloomily over this election since the last days of the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. At that time, some held that private sins, once admitted, could be forgiven and swept under the rug as "youthful indiscretions" irrelevant to one's presidential functions--that in the case of Clinton, the extramarital could be considered merely extracurricular. Others, many of whom now find themselves uncomfortably defending Texas Gov. George W. Bush, demanded that the president excel all his countrymen in virtue, a requirement that Jimmy Carter might pass but that John...