Word: overlook
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Meselson and Vellucci, strange bedfellows on almost any DNA research issue, both voiced an important thought as the committee's report was received. At one point in the special council meeting, Vellucci said, "Thank you very much for the report, and we hope the Nobel committee won't overlook Cambridge...
...proven legal and management skills, often lacked the inspirational or symbolic touch Carter wanted. By last weekend it was clear that the larger departments would probably be headed by white men, however long the search went on. So Carter was faced with the decision of whether to overlook the legal credentials needed for Justice and pick someone like Patricia Harris, a black lawyer from Washington, or Barbara Jordan, or perhaps a black federal judge from Pennsylvania, Leon Higgenbotham, who has extensive legal experience but little management background. The FBI choice posed a different challenge. Mondale, especially, urged that...
...look. See how easy it is to overlook the defense. Why, were it not for second thoughts, linemen Bob Baggott, Charlie Kaye and Steve Kaseta, linebacker Tommy Joyce and defensive back Bill Emper (great against Brown after two so-so affairs vs. Dartmouth and Princeton), the stars of the show, would once again have been undeservedly unrecognized...
...fairly sure he'll play," Restic said. "At least, we're preparing for them as if he is going to be in the starting backfield. We can't afford to overlook a player of his caliber just because someone says he's hurting...
...Communist China under Mao. Moreover, in the last sentence of your editorial you imply that Mao's revolution freed the Chinese people from oppression. We respectfully disagree. As we see it, people who have no freedom of thought are still "oppressed." And to top it off, you conveniently overlook the lives which were lost when Mao established his authoritarian rule, conservatively estimated at ten million...