Word: forgetfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...will Harvard's offensive wall fare against Cornell? Probably, very well despite spectators' reservations. People forget that Harvard does not pretend to be a ball-control team, the Crimson formations favor end sweeps and quarterback roll-outs rather than inside power plays...
...European states to work out trade agreements and to pave the way for an exchange of ambassadors. The Germans must move carefully in this, for they must not in their eagerness suggest to Russia that they are competing for the favor of the East European states. Nor can they forget, however appealing forgetfulness on this point might be, that they do not recognize...
...course that the selfish chart for us. This country has been sustained by men who were willing to be faithful when their country was in need. Those men are still with us today. I strongly recommend to my friends who doth protest too much that they not forget those giants across the pond who are losing life and limb. If you change our course in midstream you will have to account to those who risked everything for their country...
Prosecution is rare: women do not testify. Yet doctors in most states can never forget that the sole defense is proven necessity to save the patient's life. Only seven states even consider her health or safety. Actually, most hospital abortions are performed for admittedly illegal reasons, notably mental illness and German measles (25% of the 1964 total). Unfortunately, fear of the consequences creates vast inequities. To fend off prosecution, special hospital boards often use quotas and render questionable moral judgments...
...second appalling thing about the play was the audience which laughed at it. When the crowd roars as one at a line like, "Your sex life is like a continual winetasting: you roll 'em around and spit 'em out"--then you begin to wonder about the audience and forget your morbid curiosity about the author...