1.   But even that failed to satisfy the council and, last week, a grovelling apology had to be broadcast.

2.   Board Chairman John Hope Franklin suggested any apology would have to extend beyond slavery to include segregation.

3.   But in his speech Wednesday afternoon, Hall said the disparity of reactions ruins the argument that an apology has no value.

4.   But their apologies have never had the imprimatur of the Diet.

5.   If the apology has the reek of insincerity, then give Mamula the benefit of the doubt.

6.   Schultz said the team-wide apology would have to be sincere and financial restitution would have to be made.

7.   The apologies would have to last at least a full minute and be given at normal speaking speed.

8.   True, an apology will not have the substantive effect of changing discriminatory conditions.