Word: forgetfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Raymond de Beaufort. Calling on his mother, a factory worker in a Paris suburb, Raymond turned up in new U.S. cars (rented), airily told his childhood pals he was going to build a factory and give them all jobs. "No matter how high I rise, I shall never forget you," Raymond would say, as he drove off in a Thunderbird...
Fearful that the upcoming trial of Adolf Eichmann might provoke a new era of anti-German feeling, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer held a rare press conference, expressed his concern. "We Germans," said he, "are apt to forget that part of our past which was anything but pleasant more quickly than people in the countries affected by it." A proxy statement from the stockholder-harassed Chrysler Corp., which just en joyed its first profitable year since 1957, mentioned a raise for Chairman-President Lester Lum Colbert, whose compensation totaled $260,650. Colbert's compact-era 1960 salary boost...
Before a cheering A.F.L.-C.I.O. audience, Harry S. Truman expounded the novel theory that a weak President generally follows a great one. "As one of the great ones," clucked Harry, "I can make that statement," obviously hoping that everyone would forget that he was F.D.R.'s successor...
Commenting on questions posed in a letter to a New York newspaper, Grewe insisted that Germany has made every effort to uncover information on war criminals and to publicize their crimes. He further noted that though there are some in Germany "who try to forget the past, there are many more who prevent them from doing...
...himself that scorned "the newcomer to news ranks," who was "running around like she's just misplaced Rock Hudson." Maxine kept a disdainful public silence. "I'm like the fellow who was kicked by the mule," she said in private. "I just consider the source and forget...