Word: forgetfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...other good omens: a heavy rainfall will mean good crops for 1962, and Wasfi's appointment coincided with the birth of Hussein's first son, Prince Abdullah, borne him by his 20-year-old British wife Toni. In the rejoicing, most Jordanians were prepared to forget that this was the first Hashemite of mixed descent in 38 generations...
...United States will overlook our mistakes, the Ghana president added, Ghana will forget the indignities heaped upon her in the past. "In the making of American wealth are the sufferings of my ancestors," he explained; "the healthiest slaves were used like stallions for breeding purposes...
...only must the faculty come to realize that its well-being depends upon Harvard's ability to administer its affairs well, but those in the administration must come to realize that this is, after all, an educational institution we are running. Administrators can easily forget that Harvard's purpose is scholarship...
...pamphlets' authors posit their entire civil defense program on, the enemy apparently plans to use only five-megaton "nuclear weapons." ("There are much larger weapons which could do more damage, but the damage from larger weapons does not increase in direct ratio to the size of the weapons"--so forget them.) And the Department hints at another Communist weakness by mentioning that "a tall apartment or office building 10 miles or more from the exposition could be one of the safest refuges...
...such might be droll enough. But by the dozen? This, the quantitative aspect of grading--we are, after all, getting five dollars a head for you dolts and therefore pile up as many of you apiece as we can get--this is what too many of you seem to forget. "Coleridge may be said to be both a classic and a romantic, but then, so may Dryden, depending on your point of view. In some respects, this statement is unquestionably true; but in others...." On through the night...