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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 08:15 AM
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4. I love this phrase "mistakes were made. . . "
passive voice -

oil was drilled
rig was destroyed

oversight was made.

oil was burned

radiation was released into atmosphere

the problem is almost a reflection of the language used to describe it. Nobody does anything proactively - and I'm sure we'll have a shopping list of late breaking observations to follow.
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