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...Galesworthy once pointed out, the good biographer and the good critic are almost as rare as the unicorn because of a weakness of many to forego sentimental impulses. Further, he must steel himself against the susceptibilities of ancestor worship...
...would definitely be willing to forego my share of the leave pay to lower the national debt if enough straight-thinking veterans would do the same and effectively express themselves on this important subject to cause the passing of common-sense economy measures by the Congress...
...University has achieved near miracles on a shoe-string investment. But the fact remains that unless the University administration matches talk with cash, unless emergency units of almost any sort are set up within the next three months, close to 20 percent of the student body must forego either their families or their education...
...cottage near Kronberg, weary Princess Margareta was happy to forego the details to get the jewels back. Even Princess Sophie, who had gone ahead with the wedding, though blushing for lack of decoration, felt a little better about the red-faced U.S. Army...
...states. To those who argue that the belief was false, as well as not conducive to liberty, Ortega calmly retorts that "all belief is blind," and that liberty is nothing more than man's belief that he possesses it. "There is, in principle, no single liberty man cannot forego and yet feel as free as ever...