Word: reproachfulness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Bending to political pressure, including unexpectedly sharp criticism from Bob Dole, soon-to-be Speaker Newt Gingrich rewrote the terms of a highly remunerative book deal with a Rupert Murdoch-controlled publishing house. Gingrich defended the deal as proper. But, saying he wanted to appear above reproach and quell any controversy, he announced he would forgo a $4.5 million advance for two books on politics. Instead he will settle for a $1 advance and royalties...
Evidently, the morally commendable motives of admissions officers ensure that their methods are beyond reproach--no matter how egregious or hypocritical...
...officials ignored the ceremony, while pro-democracy Haitians helped U.S. soldiers track down army-allied gunmen who had terrorized neighborhoods since the junta seized power in 1991. Francois, who engineered the coup but slipped away to a comfortable house in the neighboring Dominican Republic, left behind a letter that reproaches the other two capos for striking an agreement with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter: "I believe fervently that the leaders of the army had the fundamental duty to defend, above all, the higher interests of the country," it reads in part. "We have to recognize that in that sense history...
There are many political means by which the U.S. can express its disapproval of China's human rights abuses. It could officially recognize Taiwan, and it could finance dissident prodemocracy groups inside and outside of China. It could also seek a multi-lateral reproach of China by raising the issue of human rights before the U.N With the creation of Radio Free Asia and its removal of a cap on arms sales to Taiwan, the U.S. has already taken measures to rebuff China for its recent human rights abuses. Denying China its MFN status in addition to these politically punitive...
...they're responsible for A, B, C and D, thenthe council can reproach them [for not performingduties]," Gabay says...