Word: forgetfulness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sophomore Bob Bowditch's last-second jump shot give the varsity a 67-66 victory over Cornell will forget that occasion, the high spot of a fine season for him. Second only to McClellan in rebounds, Bowditch also was the only player besides Harrington to average in double figures with a 10.3 mark...
...forget about Ike's million Americans who are ready, willing and able to be the closest of friends. I'd walk-and have-three miles to have him wave at me from a car. I don't have a friend in the world I'd do that...
...talk of how Dulles had provided much moral encouragement during Ike's own recoveries, from ileitis and the coronary attack. Dulles, though appreciating Ike's desire to turn the tables, doggedly murmured that perhaps, after all, he should turn his job over to a successor. Retorted Ike: "Forget about it." He praised Dulles for his remarkable progress, smoothly switched to a spirited discussion of the Berlin situation. Half an hour later he was startled to see the full effect of his visit: Dulles got up and walked with him to the elevator...
...novel is centered upon London, a city struggling to forget the Pusan road, "the Commonwealth youngsters skewered on the Dieppe beaches," and Kenya's savage snipers. As the story unfolds-it is seen through the plain, distressed eyes of Captain Alan Curtis, veteran of Korea, Kenya, Cyprus-TV Tycoon Lord Arthur Illius announces plans for a Festival of London. A prize, gravely named the Grail, is offered to the citizen who contributes the best ideas to the festival, so all Britain is abuzz with ludicrous suggestions: "Demands to restore the pillory; to rebuild horse-troughs; proposals that women should...
...streets to welcome them. But Cyprus still awaited the return of Makarios and of the Turkish Cypriot leaders to be convinced that independence was real and something to celebrate. On an island ringed with barbed wire and stalked by terror for four years, it was not easy to forget overnight...