Word: undo
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Indeed they cannot. South Africa may be rich in gold and diamonds. It may again qualify for international aid and may even succeed in luring back foreign investors kept out by sanctions or scared off by violence. But it will still take years of patient reconstruction to undo the damage of the apartheid era and break the cycle of violence. Nor will it be easy to find jobs for a fast-growing work force that cannot be absorbed by a capital-starved economy...
When last week's report was issued, St. Lawrence had already closed for the school year. Father Kenneth Reinhart, who completes his term as Midwest superior of the Capuchins this week, stated, "We cannot undo the past, no matter how much we would like to. We can only help those who were injured to overcome their trauma and lead normal lives." He also pledged future reforms. Elliott, however, complained that the report gave no sense of the suffering young victims endured. Says Isely: "When the priest stole my body, he stole my childhood...
While such a utility may be useful for those alarmed by the rapid shrinkage of available space on their hard disks, most users will probably still find it easier to delete unwanted application files to free up space. The biggest problem with disk-compression is that you can't undo it if dissatisfied: the entire hard disk has to be reformatted to make it uncompressed again. There is also a speed penalty, when data go through the processes of compression and decompression...
...Corruption was always a part of life. What has changed, though, may be the willingness of Italians to do something about it. Voters will go to the polls this Sunday to register their outrage in a referendum on their discredited political system. A si vote -- widely expected -- will not undo decades of corruption or transform the political landscape overnight, but supporters of reform argue that the referendum is the best way to begin the difficult passage toward a more responsive -- and responsible -- political order. "If the yes vote wins, it will not mean a magic wand is waved against...
...crisis threatened to undo everything Nancy, Teresa and Katherine had done to keep their families together. Their landlord had decided to sell the cluster of row houses they lived in, and any new owner was likely to evict them so that the properties could be renovated and rented at a higher rate. City law requires that tenants be granted a first shot at buying their apartments. But to Katherine the sum required -- $190,000 -- was daunting. "For people like us, there was no way we could come up with that...