Word: forgetfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last week in icy (25°) Yankee Stadium, they entertained the Pittsburgh Steelers in their final performance of the regular season and put on an act that nobody in the crowd of 63,240* is likely to forget. In the process, they also won the Giants their third straight Eastern Conference championship, taking it all away from the Steelers in the second...
Well, there's on reason not to leave now. None at all; after all, we've stopped publishing until Jan. 6. Until then you can flee this Academy for Muncie, Gotham or wherever your little desire takes you in your insatiable thirst for Christmas cheer. But don't forget: Jan. 6 and we're back again...
...Woman of the Year: Jackie Kennedy. We men forget easily and readily when it comes to the defense of our hegemony in politics and professions that women-and mothers in particular-deserve a higher place in world affairs...
...clinics. As the Nubians file aboard the paddle steamer headed for Kom Ombo -loaded down with palm fiber beds, carved wooden chests, magical amulets, goats and sheep-they try to exorcise their grief of leave-taking by singing. One song runs: "The Nile is drowning Nubia and we must forget the past. The river brings life and the river brings. death...
...their wealth and power, the prideful Rothschilds never forgot-or were allowed long to forget-their origins. After King Louis XVIII refused to receive Jakob's wife at court because she was not Christian, Jakob withdrew his support of the Bourbons; he was lucky to get out just before the revolution of 1830 toppled them. Because of Russia's pogroms, the Rothschilds refused to grant loans to the czars. In many ways governments began to feel respect for, or fear of, the Rothschilds. Amschel became treasurer of the German Confederation, and Jakob the Austrian consul in Paris. Nathan...