Word: overlook
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...long as Wachner kept growing the brands, her flaws were easy to overlook. Her reputation as a taskmistress who demanded perfection from her employees--and torched them if she didn't get it--is legendary. Her friends say it's exaggerated. "I know she's a loyal and caring person. She asks nothing of her people that she doesn't ask of herself," says Richard Grasso, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange...
...With globalization and consolidation likely to continue, HMC is unlikely to avoid controversy entirely—but the University seems just as likely to overlook the occasional blow-up as long as the money keeps coming...
DOWN TO EARTH Travelers may overlook annoyances like American's new $10 paper-ticket surcharge if they can skip around the country for less than $200 and jet off to Europe for less than $360. With losses piling up--$825 million in the first quarter--airlines need to fill seats and are trying the best way they know how. "They'll offer the kitchen sink," says Tom Parsons of Bestfares.com Biz flyers, too, are sitting pretty, with some European fares down...
...Moreover, the Chinese media may be inclined to overlook the details of the U.S. statement, such as the very limited set of actions to which its "very sorry" applies. Any sign of contrition was sufficient, because in the end both sides need to move on to more important questions. And besides, creative ambiguity has always been at the center of U.S.-China relations. Did the U.S. actually accept Beijing's "One China" policy back in the Nixon days, recognizing China and Taiwan as part of the same entity? Well, the English phrase was "acknowledge," but the Chinese translation was chegren...
...main advantage--two simultaneous channels of everything--is a huge one. Last Thursday, for example, it dutifully recorded both Survivor and Friends. With TiVo, I can't watch one while recording the other. If you're a career couch potato with many such conflicts, you may be able to overlook Ultimate TV's faults...