Word: forgeting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Socialists committed the unforgivable political sin: they sold out, and then refused to stay bought. What they wanted desperately was postponement of local elections scheduled for October. They hoped the voters would forget the irresponsible Socialist desertion that had brought about the fall of Premier Robert Schuman's government (TiME, July...
...park. The crowd standing in the rain cheered and whistled. Motorists honked their horns. "This is a demonstration that we will safeguard the rights, prerogatives and liberties of the people," cried ebullient Maurice, and the crowd roared. "Our rivals have insulted us but I am willing to forgive and forget ... I thank you for this marvelous triumph...
...Soviet-Polish regime took it again for themselves. How gladly would I accept the place of a laborer on a farm like the one of Mr. Rhinehart, and feed the chickens for him, because I cannot do much hard work - being feeble and middleaged. Please do not forget about us D.P.s from many European countries...
...OEEC), in particular, was not performing as well as Administrator Hoffman would like. It was staffed by civil servants who had to refer every decision back to their governments. When it came to cracking down on their own countries' needs, individuals on OEEC's committees could never forget their nationalities. In an Embassy press conference, Hoffman told reporters: "I don't think we have yet seen evidence of the coordination necessary for success. The European nations still have a long...
...trapped her into fits of firing & hiring that she sometimes later regretted. "The trouble with me," she once reflected, "is that I am a vindictive old shanty-Irish bitch. I just cannot have friends for more than six months." She had to drink, she said, "because I have to forget all the mean things I have done...