Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also felt that to concentrate on this issue was to minimize or downplay the virulence of Muhammad's speech. And there was a general view among our critics that no amount of good works by the Nation of Islam could justify any black leader's toleration of, not to mention alliance with, such a racist organization...
...insist that Randall Terry, Joseph Scheidler, Operation Rescue and the Pro-life Action League are only "a few members of the pro-life movement" is to down-play completely the thousands of women they have harassed (not to mention the substantial amount of hours they have spent in prison...
...course, I' not suggesting that these athletes are not worthy of the chance to display their skills for the whole world to appreciate. For their years of training and perseverance--not to mention their blind courage--they certainly merit the applause and recognition they receive...
...often, the present, are forgotten in a global surge of pride and unity. The reality has often been less inspiring -- in Hitler's Berlin in 1936, in the Munich beset by Palestinian terrorists in 1972, in the tit-for-tat cold war boycotts of 1980 and 1984, not to mention the myriad smaller moments when political bitterness or personal dishonor or random fate blemished the panorama of joyful striving. But whatever the misdeeds and mischances, the myth continually reasserts itself and endures. So it is always a surprise when the Olympics fall short of what the world imagines, a respite...
John Sculley, former chairman of Apple Computer, abruptly left his new job as head of Spectrum Information Technologies, charging Spectrum's chairman Peter Caserta with fraud. Sculley's $10 million lawsuit claims Caserta failed to mention anything to him about an ongoing sec investigation. In turn, Spectra has brought a $300 million countersuit against Sculley for breach of contract...