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Word: forgetful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political discourse has been empty, but not for a lack of "issues." There are always issues and we had them, ephemeral and inflated though they might have been. Lest we forget, we had the "Pledge issue," the "National Guard issue," a national debate over who was worse, Willie Horton or General Noriega, and other earth-shaking questions. All of them were centered around the nominees, rather than the views and policies they represented, and every one was hatched and nurtured in a TV studio...

Author: By Charles N. W. keckler, | Title: Through a Looking Glass | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

Second, raise my mother's taxes. My dad paid into Social Security for decades while he was alive, but nowhere near enough, even assuming it had been invested wisely, to throw off the kind of Social Security benefits my mother will receive over her lifetime. (We forget that as recently as 1977 the maximum contribution was only about $1,000 a year. Throughout the 1950s and '60s, it ranged from $45 to $374.) If Social Security were all she had to live on, it would be unthinkable to ask her to take less. But because she has income above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Modest Proposal | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

Harvard must use The Game as wine. Drink and forget the dashed expectations...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: For Gridders, the Season Begins and Ends Today | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

Peterson has never lost to Yale. So forget the 2-4 record, forget the dashed dreams. Today is a season in itself...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Sack Master Bears Season Disaster | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

Coach: Joe Restic, optimistic originator of the Multiflex, says his team is not down. He says it will fight to the finish. Forget the 2-7 record, the Crimson is alive and well. Restic will be looking for career victory number 98 today. He is 8-9 against the Elis, 3-5 at home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Scouting Report | 11/19/1988 | See Source »

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