Word: overlooked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Everyone in Cabrini-Green, it seems, knows Brother Bill, 63. He is a difficult man to overlook, his 5-ft. 11-in., 220-lb. frame clad in a trademark flowing, sky-blue cassock made from hundreds of tattered denim patches. That robe has become an understood symbol of peace and humility in this place with precious little of either. Fifty-three times, by his count, he has waded into gunfire in order to stop it. Fifty-three times, the gunfire has stopped. And 53 times, he has emerged unscathed...
...point of law--it is implied, not specified, in the Constitution--but it became downright sinister during Watergate when Richard Nixon invoked it in an attempt to block release of his secret Oval Office tapes. Ever since, Executive privilege has been associated with Executive cover-up, which tends to overlook the legitimate argument that a President has a right to unfettered advice. But prosecutors and Congress have countervailing rights, and to prevail in a privilege claim, a President must show that he has a "compelling need" to keep something secret--a need that outweighs another part of government's right...
...past difficulties behind them and the American people should too. Those of us who believed in what he stood for accepted this and supported him despite the questions about his past. The deal struck between the voters and candidate Clinton went something like this: "We'll overlook your past indiscretions and support you with a clearer conscience as long as you behave yourself...
While these English alternoids have been acclaimed by the British press, one cannot overlook such egregious flaws on their first album as song intros that evoke modern-day classics like Oasis' "Wonder-wall." The semi-title track "Polythene Girl" and single "Cement" stand out as acceptable contributions to the category they generally get lumped in: poppy British space-rock. On the other hand, the rest of the album is just more fodder for the genre's growing scrap heap. Feeder, a threesome, seem to focus on song lyrics about drugs and problems with girlfriends, but hey, who doesn...
Harvard admits that its tendency to overlook certain opponents has been the source of much of the team's disappointing play at times. And while the Crimson does not want to overlook the Eagles, the players are not shy about expressing their ultimate goal...