Word: forget
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party's soul. Each presidential pratfall comes as a stunning surprise, since the Democrats stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that around 1968 or 1972 they ceased to be the nation's natural governing party. The myth structure that surrounds the victories of Franklin Roosevelt dies hard, even though Democrats conveniently forget that only two of their candidates (Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter) have garnered the support of a majority of the electorate since...
...official campaign to "Keep Rangoon Pleasant." The cleanup is an attempt to polish the military's tarnished image -- and that has doomed it from the start. "They think we will like them if they clean up the city," says a shop clerk on Merchant Street. "We will never forget or forgive what they have done...
After the stage run closes Nov. 27, the production is expected to be taped for TV. It may work better in that format. Even onstage, if audience members can forget the Beckett masterpiece that is being obliterated, this Godot calls to mind some of the best surreal comic sketches on Saturday Night Live -- a show on which all the principal actors except the pristine Abraham have appeared...
...nation's psyche. Because there were no great disagreements on fundamental issues and no clashing visions of an American future, there are no deep divisions difficult to reconcile. The promise of a Bush Administration lies in the hope that the new President will soon inspire America to forget the manner in which he was elected...
Dukakis was impressed. He asked Sasso to put all this in a memo and report back in a few weeks. A week later, Dukakis changed his mind. Newspaper stories speculated that Sasso was about to be recalled. Spooked by all the media attention, Dukakis got word to Sasso to forget about...