Word: forgetfully
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Empire was a living faith, a political necessity, a way of life, a practical program and sometimes almost a religion. Son of brilliant, sensitive Lord Randolph who died young, of a handsome, American mother, Young Churchill was groomed to rule from the start, never let himself or his friends forget it. At 20, after Harrow and Sandhurst, he held a dinner for "those who are yet under 21 years of age but who in 20 years will control the destinies of the British Empire...
Organized labor can never forget McNutt's strikebreaking policy and tactics. Neither does organized labor have any delusions of the leopard changing his spots...
...Above all things, he should not forget that voters never grow weary of illusory promises...
Japan's little soldiers had found it convenient to forget two things: 1) the Japanese themselves delayed the opening of the talks for two weeks, while British Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie cooled his heels, occasionally wiring the Gaimusho (foreign office) in Tokyo that he was ready any time; 2) the Japanese agreed before the parleys opened that anti-British demonstrations were not consistent with heart-to-heart discussion; and yet last week demonstrations were getting bigger, if anything-10,000 shouted "Down with Britain!" on the Embassy's very doorstep...
While dealing out posts to his brother-in-law, the Generalissimo did not altogether forget himself. By subordinating the power of the Council of Ministers in cases of emergency he liberalized his power to rule by decree and abolished the office of Vice President. When the purge was over there were only two anti-Serrano Generals in the Cabinet, and they were in non-policy-making positions. Generals José Varela and Juan Yagüe were made Ministers of War and Air, where El Caudillo can keep an eye on them...