Word: forget
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Humphrey started tossing firecrackers again. In his maiden speech he announced that he had come to shake things up. "What the people want is for the Senate to function," he declared. "Sometimes I think we become so cozy -we feel so secure in our six-year term -that we forget that the people want things done." He spoke on every subject at every opportunity. "I can't help it," he explained. "It's glands...
...Iphigenia's death: apart from showing her dissolve into a screaming little girl, when the play leaves her toweringly resolute, her death has become meaningless--she should never have climbed those stairs in the first place. If you thin about this entire movie; best to lop it off mentallyand forget it as quickly as possible. This leaves th performances. unvaryingly superb and thrillingly animated...
...Cannes Festival. Padre Padrone has undeniable merits; it tells a fascinating true-life story in an innovative style. Yet somehow it never makes us care passionately about its people or its subject. Though there is reason to believe that this film will influence other films, many moviegoers may forget Padre Padrone as soon as they leave the theater...
...Shecky, baby," I schmoozed, "you forget, I write a rock column, and the closest you come is maybe kidney stones. But I'll tell you what; get yourself a leather jacket, take off that stupid hair thing, and find a drummer and a bass player. We'll try to book you a 'gig' at the Rat or something...
...events in the Eastern Mediterranean in 1974 add up to an episode that the former Secretary would rather not remember. Stern's lucid and convincing treatment guarantees that the world will not forget it. -Strobe Talbott