Word: undo
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...month. Next week negotiations are to resume on moving the Israeli army out of the Arab-populated areas in the West Bank, to be followed by elections for a Palestinian self-rule council. "There is no way back," says an Israeli negotiator. "Nobody can undo the agreements, so the only option is to go forward." The month of November, however, is only half over...
...think I've been subject to more assault than any previous President, based on the evidence. But as the Vice President said a few days ago, there are powerful forces in this country who basically resent the way the last election came out, so they keep trying to undo it . . . I wish we could just all settle down and be Americans for a while and work on ; our problems, and then evaluate me based...
With the recent passage of GATT, a hard-fought victory for free trade, it would be a serious error to start encouraging trade wars and undo the great progress that has been made towards a more cooperative world. There are also many humanitarian reasons to renew China's MFN status and preserve free trade, since the free movement of goods and services almost always leads to freer societies...
Little by little the maddening effect of lies delivered with perfect sincerity works on the audience, most notable the women who repeatedly groaned in front of me. Proctor has no way to disprove the charges and no way to undo the defamation. He is like the accused who appear in the papers as certain criminals, but with a confession extracted under the extreme pressure brought to bear in emotional testimony, he merits another look. Travis' expression of this utter outrage towards Abigail's treachery, coupled with the poignancy of Proctor's impotence in defending himself with mere words against mounting...
...production's heart lies the consistently solid portrayals of Miller's panoply of good and evil. Most notable is Efron's sturdy but tainted Proctor whose one mistake returns to undo him during the witch trials months after his crime. The utter insanity of the proceedings culminates with a confession, the only legitimate one lodged in the court in months, and it proves to seal his fate. Meanwhile the perjury of others not only protects them but esteems them in the eyes of the court. Efron's simmering outrage underlines the impotent justice of Judge Danforth (Richard Gardner...