Word: repaid
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...Southern Avenger. He was arguing that if one race owed reparations to another, considering crime rates, it was blacks to whites. “Just like slavery, the blood and sacrifice, or to be more specific—the countless assaults, rapes and murders—can never be repaid in dollar amounts. But aren’t white folks owed some kind of justice?” The skill with which he twisted words around was frightening. I couldn’t believe what he was saying and couldn’t wait to hear what he would dare...
...instead of being reduced to playing “butlers, maids, slaves and hoes” in Hollywood films. He disparages the success of films like “Driving Miss Daisie,” the story of a dutiful black chauffeur in the American South. Lee repaid the favor to his hip-hop fans by featuring Public Enemy’s song “Fight the Power” in his 1989 classic “Do The Right Thing.” Arguably, gangster rappers have become some of the most conspicuous consumers of Hollywood myth; their...
Schwarzenegger reaped short-term political rewards by making the $150 million bridge loan. Defying an unpopular Republican President, the re-election-minded Governor is burnishing his moderate image. But if the state's stem-cell law is ultimately struck down, the loan can't be repaid, and the Governor will have to answer for gambling with $150 million when the state has a $4.1 billion operating deficit. It's all enough to make Washington look civilized...
...said Jackson borrowed--and repaid--$1 million to give Elizabeth Taylor jewelry so she would appear in a TV special about...
Harvard’s transgression? It had given the athlete a benefit of tangible value (one night’s parking in a deserted lot) not provided to other students. Had the student not repaid us, the NCAA could have declared him a professional...