Word: overlooks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lord Chancellor, Lord Elwyn Jones, told an audience that jammed the Rotunda: "Peoples not familiar with our ways have thought it a trifle paradoxical for the British to be joining in the celebration of the Bicentenary of what was, after all, the loss of the American colonies. They overlook our traditions of compromise. We in fact now regard the events of two centuries ago as a victory for the English-speaking world...
...understandable that some captains have foul temperaments (though most are amiable). They are, after all, brunts of criticism, receivers of complaints. Twelve captains overlook the operations of nearly 150 workers in the Student Porter Program. When someone calls in at Headquarters and charges dereliction of duty, the captains are the ones who must swing into action to determine the accuracy of the claim...
When asked in the interview why he waited until now to make the charges of immorality, Galbraith, whose daughter is a senior, said he could overlook the situation only for so long, but it had come to a point where someone had to take a stand...
...close ties with the Law School Placement Office and has also been an important Law School fund-raiser over the past ten years. Thus, Bowman's complaint shows personal courage, and is particularly significant because other students, anxious about their standing in the job market, may all too frequently overlook these types of discriminatory comments in similar job interview situations...
...course, we do not overlook the good humor obvious in this "experiment," and we realize that to pounce too ponderously on certain points could be counterproductive. Nevertheless, with an honest intent not to appear overly-serious, misanthropic or even argumentative, we must question the appropriateness of this "experiment...