Word: pardonable
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America can be a very unforgiving place. It is not that we aren't taught to forgive. This Sunday, on Easter, millions of Christians will celebrate the embodiment of divine forgiveness, the risen Lord. The parable of the pardoning of the prodigal son is recapitulated as often on daytime soaps as in Sunday sermons. No, the problem with forgiveness has been that of all acknowledged good acts, it is the one we are most suspicious of. "To err is human, to forgive, supine," punned S.J. Perelman. In a country where the death penalty has been a proven vote getter...
...Ford's press secretary at the time, Jerald terHorst, resigned rather than support the pardon, and many historians believe Ford's decision ruined his chances of re-election...
...Ford, who was the first president inaugurated under the terms of the 25th amendment after Nixon resigned the office in August of 1974, granted Nixon a pardon for "any crimes he committed or may have committed" in connection with the Watergate burglaries and cover...
...Pardon my Foucault, but every one of us does indeed dwell in a panopticon. This surveillance of each of us by one another is relentless--not to mention entirely mutual...
...PARDON MY FOUCAULT, BUT EVERY one of us does indeed dwell in a panopticon. This surveillance of each of us by one another is relentless--not to mention entirely mutual...