Word: omit
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...next day. There Assad made the crucial point. As Kissinger writes, "The absence of guerrilla activity in the past had been no accident. The Golan would not be guerrilla country because of Syria's chosen policy, not because of Israeli threats or non-binding Syrian promises." Kissinger decided to omit mention of terrorism from the agreements but to offer Israel a U.S. assurance that it would be free to respond if any terrorist attacks did occur on the Golan. That clinched it for the Syrians; at 10:45 p.m. on May 28, they approved the agreement. Assad, who was supposed...
...said about the U.S.'s Ohio class Trident submarine, but nothing about the U.S.S.R.'s new Typhoon equivalent; much about the B-1 bomber, but nothing about a new Soviet strategic bomber under development. The Soviets term the U.S. space shuttle a "space attack system," but omit mention of their own orbiting "killer" satellite...
Against a background of white tablecloths and candlelight, preteen girls who sign up for "White Gloves and Party Manners" are instructed in such arcane lore as curtsying ("When you are presented to the Queen, your head should scrape the ground"). "Blue Blazer" seminars for boys omit the candlelight in favor of a clubroom atmosphere. At the Belk Tyler store in Rocky Mount, N.C., a White Gloves class, which opened in September, has been "a phenomenal success," according to Operations Manager Fred Combs. Says he: "Children are learning things they'd never learn at home...
...physicians who recommended Hussain is certainly relevant to the case, raising as it does questions about the propriety of the hospital's counsel. However, this advice is not, as the fact-finding committee seems to suggest the central issue. Even if BWH attorneys instructed the doctors to omit the rape conviction reference, they were obligated to include it--or to refuse to write the letters at all. Whether or not the doctors acted legally, they did not act ethically and it is this ethical question that the administrators of both institutions must address...
...authors omit an explanation of why anyone would want to acquire style. It must seem very obvious to them, or very embarrassing. The answer is, of course, that this is a book for those with no substance to their lives--nothing interesting to fill up their empty, boring days. The implication is that once you have style, you will become fulfilled, and those dull, empty days, like the dirt spots in the yard, will become lush and full...