Word: whitewash
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...probably wouldn't matter to me. I certainly wouldn't like a new Harvard song that only referred to one of the sexes. The new words make more sense--they are more inclusive and considerate. And yet, the revision of one little phrase the attempt to apologize for or whitewash the past is, in my eyes, silly and artificial. What real harm is done by that phrase, that one word? Its greatest crime is not what it actually does, but of what it reminds...
...probably wouldn't matter to me. I certainly wouldn't like a new Harvard song that only referred to one of the sexes. The new words make more sense--they are more inclusive and considerate. And yet, the revision of one little phrase, the attempt to apologize for or whitewash the past is, in my eyes, silly and artificial. What real harm is done by that phrase, that one word? Its greatest crime is not what it actually does, but of what it reminds...
...official documents in the archives of numerous countries. In recent decades, 15 countries, the United Nations and the European Parliament have officially recognized the genocide of Armenians to be a fact of history. Yet, the "Sick Man of Europe" continues actively to combat this trend as it attempts to whitewash its past by funding chairs in Turkish Studies--with strings attached--at universities of repute...
...explosions were nearly instantaneous. One Senate conservative, Oklahoma's James Inhofe, blasted Lott's gambit, telling reporters it was a "whitewash" designed to sacrifice the Constitution in the name of expediency. The 13 House impeachment "managers" who will prosecute the case in the Senate were particularly aggrieved by Lott's scheme, complaining that he had not even bothered to consult them before it became public. Drawn from the ranks of the House Judiciary Committee and led by its chairman, Henry Hyde, the managers have been preparing for their star turns as prosecutors in the trial of the century. When Lott...
This Clinton whitewash has had enough spin. It's time for a rinse! TIM I. MARTIN Corona, Calif...