Word: make
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...expectancy cannot be blamed completely on poverty and discrimination. Blacks have higher death rates from many ailments, including cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, liver trouble and kidney failure. This fact has persuaded experts that there must be other reasons, including genetic makeup, diet preferences and life-style choices, that make many African Americans prone to die too young...
Both Walesa and Tyminski promised to make things better but never specified how they would accomplish that goal. Walesa called vaguely for "acceleration" of the transition toward free markets, decontrolled prices and private property. To that end, he vowed to be "a President with an ax," one who would force change through the Polish legislature and even rule by decree if necessary. But when he talked specifics, he tended to offer pierogi- in-the-sky proposals like his short-lived promise to give every worker 100 million zlotys, about $10,000, in government bonds...
Anyone can make a mistake. But when it sabotages a $1.5 billion project, the blunder is not easily forgiven. And when evidence of the mistake is repeatedly ignored until it is too late to fix the problem, then the episode becomes scandalous...
...disrepute these days. Any fantasy that trumpets its artifice with storybook colors and extravagant decor -- all to illustrate the parable of a malformed artist-messiah rejected by his flock -- is asking for trouble. Perhaps only Tim Burton, fresh from his Batman bonanza, could have the clout to make such a defiantly vulnerable curio as Edward Scissorhands. And perhaps only this former animator could make it work so beautifully. A witty comedy of manners that arcs into poignance, this is a Christmas movie only a Grinch could hate...
...they are sorry for all the hurt they have caused to victims of apartheid," says Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. "We blacks, for our part, are ready to forgive. But the other party must be contrite and ready to do reparation. Your contrition will be demonstrated by your willingness to make amends. We cannot just say, 'Let bygones be bygones...