Word: omit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Probation. Though they are isolated, Western reporters are paradoxically never alone when they cover a story. Whether they speak Russian or not (and many of them do not speak it very well), they are accompanied by an official translator. Reporters suspect that the translator is instructed to omit from translation any details that might damage the Soviet image...
...department unanimously recommended the change. I expect that the faculty will honor the recommendation," he declared. Last Spring, when the suggestion was first made to omit the grade for Gov 99, Maass said that the change would probably not go into effect until...
...selling item. The industry is also pushing the everyday use of flowers in homes and offices, trying to break people of the habit of waiting for an occasion. Most florists agree that two of the biggest economic threats in years have passed their peak: artificial flowers and the "Please Omit" directive that many families issue when making funeral arrangements. Florists still face mounting competition from big department stores and five and tens, especially in the rapidly expanding market for potted plants. Many of them meet the challenge by offering a wider range of accessories, diversifying into such gift items...
...Shame! How can you list "the superior translations of La Commedia" and omit the verse rendering by John Ciardi...
Certainly most of the artists on display in Pittsburgh will be remembered longer than, say, Gaston La Touche, a 1907 winner, or 1947's Zoltan Sepeshy. But it is disconcerting to recall that in its time the Carnegie managed to omit from its internationals work by Cézanne, Modigliani, Demuth, Gauguin, Henri Rousseau, Mondrian, Juan Gris and Toulouse-Lautrec...