Word: forgetfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...trapped by a past that cannot be erased, that his family will not let him forget. In his dreams he imagines them throwing back at him his every embarrassment, not really maliciously, but reasserting his childhood nonetheless...
Last job held: M.P. and War Minister. Reason for leaving: caught out in lie which opened question to whole moral character. With a resume like that a man might as well forget it, but John Profumo, 49, last week started in as a nonsalaried assistant to the warden of Toynbee Hall, a London settlement house. Explained the newborn social worker: "Believe me, this is no stunt. I want to forget the past...
...Princeton can win four of the six singles matches, the Crimson can probably forget it. But if the doubles can swing the match, the Tiger tennis squad may go the way of all good Princeton teams in Cambridge this year--straight down...
Most of the team would probably like to forget the top half of the ninth inning of the game; chances are this won't be easy...
...originals. While falling in love on the job, Hepburn and Holden imagine themselves to be the hero and heroine of a movie within a movie: a master criminal steals the print of a film called The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower and holds it for ransom. Got it? Forget it. Lacking inspiration, Writer George Axelrod (The Seven Year Itch) and Director Richard Quine should have taken a hint from Holden, who writes his movie, takes a long sober look at what he has wrought, and burns...