Word: forget
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...January, after the mayor began his campaign for a fifth term, the Los Angeles Herald Examiner warned that it would publish a series of tough "challenges" on the city's problems, ranging from gang warfare to freeway gridlock. "We'll try not to let ((Bradley)) forget he's participating in an election, not a coronation," promised the newspaper. That threat did not sit well with Bradley. The Herald Examiner found itself shut out of the mayor's office: no press releases, no phone conversations, no personal contact -- an invitation, if there ever was one, for reporters to start scraping away...
Losing track of time: During an interview with The Crimson Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence forget that he had a subsequent meeting with President Derek C. Bok. Bok finally called Spank in his office. "Yes Mr. Bok, I'll be right over," Spence said, pulling on his jacket, grabbing a file and running out the door...
...would think that most seniors would prefer to forget "YMCA," not just because it epitomizes the worst musical excesses of the disco era, but also because it evokes memories of roller rinks where we, as prepubescent skaters trying to form the letter C in "YMCA," would invariably lose our balance and careen into each other or the wall...
Anzalone may have missed Ciavaglia this year. But, after seeing him in the NCAA playoffs, he'll never forget him. And for good reason...
...power-sharing deal anyway. The official rebel position is that Najibullah can have an amnesty but his surrender of power is a precondition to peace talks. In their view, he is the enemy, and Afghans have little inclination to forgive foes. "How can you expect the people to forget the blood loss of families, the destruction of entire villages?" asks a guerrilla leader in Peshawar. "How can you expect them to give up that feeling and say, 'Fine, let's sit down and talk'? It is like asking the Jews to pardon the Nazis and enter a government with them...