Word: forget
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...need English in order to do what needs to be done. But why must we forget what we know in order to be good Americans," says Samuel Betances, a sociology professor at Northeastern Illinois University. Betances advocates maintaining Spanish among Chicanos in America. "We're going to define what being American is all about because we are people who know what the world is about in two or three different languages...
...this game was special. Forget national rankings. Forget the jockeying for post-season position. For Yale, shut-out of the playoffs last year and struggling this season, this game was a season...
...rains. A robot sweeper cleans the surface of a swimming pool, while infrared beams and motion detectors scan the property, guarding McCovey's irreplaceable collection of batting trophies whether he is at home or away. "What I like about it," says McCovey, "is you can just set it and forget...
...forget this "alas" stuff, Florence. You don't have to apologize. Tourists have a unique chance this year: to see the splendors of history dug up at their feet...
Tourists and Florentines alike often forget their carefully timed itineraries so that they can follow the progress. Dutch traveler David Casale could not understand why the city was so apologetic. "It's absolutely fascinating. I can see you might get upset if this was for an underground car park, but they are discovering something important here." Mary Rau, an American visitor to Florence who lives in London, curtailed time at the Uffizi Gallery to stare at the hole in the ground. "See the archways they are uncovering? And they're bringing up shards of pottery. They're onto something...