Word: forget
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Students will forget many of the facts that they are taught, and new developments will make much of what is imparted today invalid in years hence. I think we might all agree without protracted discussion that an understanding of the value and uses of intellect is essential for an educated person. But the question is: how are "arts and habits" inculcated in a most efficient and lasting manner? Not by a one-sided or specialized curriculum alone, nor by a system of general education that is unfocused and relatively unstructured...
...Cramer's article on the Phillies (234 Games Under .500," Crimson, October 8) and discovered that I got Johnny Klippstein for the last out of a no-hitter. That was an unforgettable night for me--that June 4, 1964 in Philadelphia--and one of the things I'll never forget is the sight of Bobby Wine striking out to give me my third no-hitter. Try hard as I might, I just couldn't remember facing Johnny that night. I remember missing low on a 3-2 count to Dick Allen to spoil the perfect game, and I remember getting...
...unconvincing when he makes a blatant specific pitch for votes, as he did in the South with his contrived emphasis against gun controls. While he is certainly a bright man, his image as a verbal bumbler nevertheless is not totally unfair; he is also a man who can forget three times in a day which town he is in, as he did recently in Illinois. Far from an inspirational leader, Ford has a limited let's-not-rock-the-boat perspective of the presidency. He offers a prospect of predictability that may reassure many?assuming no imaginative initiatives...
...arts. Buildings are doubly familiar as things to be appreciated for themselves and as arenas in which to play--and for exactly that reason, architecture is fully appreciated neither as author nor as experience. The buildings we know well, we take for granted; they seem so functional that we forget their role as artificers and artifacts, and neglect the built environment until too late. Thus New Yorkers wept more for the loss of the Brooklyn Dodgers than for Penn Station; Harvard recovered its Greek coins, but threw away Hunt Hall...
...Game, you just have to, so they rushed to get their coupons in, and then less than 24 hours later, you take half the fun out of it (oh we're so sorry, there's still that four-way tie to consider. How could we forget...