Word: overlooked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...kidney that would be suitable for her granddaughter, who is need of a donor. Inselman has sent letters to a local judge explaining all this, but the judge has thus far refused to release the information, offering a polite recitation of the law. Other judges across the U.S. routinely overlook the law in such cases. Adoptees cite this capriciousness as a reason for opening all records...
...While they might be familiar with [the overlap between religion and cul- ture] in some constructions...they weren't thatfamiliar with Asian American Christian culture. Itwas easy for them to overlook it as relevant toCultural Rhythms," Hing said...
Amid the hubbub of the trial, Daschle's low-key style has made it easy to overlook his skills. And the unity of Senate Democrats last week made it easy to forget that they have not always been pushing toward the same goal. In the wake of the President's Aug. 17 admission that he had been lying to the country for months, Senate Democrats appeared to have both the ability and the inclination to throw him overboard. Senator Joseph Lieberman rebuked Clinton, calling his behavior "immoral" and "disgraceful." Several other Senators followed suit, and some privately considered calling...
...decades without Pete and the National Football League having anything to do with it. And by "football," I don't mean that strange, local game popular among inhabitants of North America! I'm talking about true world football--what you call soccer. How on earth did you manage to overlook FIFA, the governing body of world football? PAUL ERIK NORTON Oslo...
...tend to overlook (in sizing him up) Gates' basic decency. He has repeatedly been offered a starring role in the circus freak show of American Celebrity, Julius Caesar being offered the Emperor's crown by clamorous sycophants. He has turned it down. He does not make a habit of going on TV to pontificate, free-associate or share his feelings. His wife and young child are largely invisible to the public, which represents a deliberate decision on the part...