Word: undo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...undo Saddam Hussein's human rights atrocities? Military confrontation over Kuwait will only increase the toll of suffering on the devastated Kuwaiti people...
Souter, of course, is no Bork. He is evidently much more moderate, endorsing both the right to privacy and the principle of affirmative action to "undo" past injustices...
Perhaps a better question is in which direction Harvard should move. Here the answer is more clear: toward openness. A University that thrives on free discussion and the exchange of ideas should undo the closed nature of its decision-making structures...
...York, De Klerk made good on his promise to revoke the Separate Amenities Act that for nearly four decades had legalized segregation. The South African Parliament repealed the law, opening the country's parks, beaches, swimming pools, services and public buildings to the black majority. Though they fail to undo the main structures of apartheid, the reforms are plainly more than mere window dressing...
...work a challenge or an homage? No matter; both stories are masterpieces of subtlety and cunning. Other tales investigate the vagaries of love, married and adulterous, and the mystery that separates the sexes. One woman's musings encapsulate the story collection: "A knot in his mind you might undo, a stillness in him you might jolt . . . Could it be said to make you happy? Meanwhile, what makes a man happy? It must be something quite different...