Word: forgets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Tiananmen; the tens of millions who died of hunger in the Great Leap Forward. And finally there was that most troublesome shadow of all, Mao Zedong, Deng's friend and foe, his rival for the soul of a country so ancient it has had the misfortune both to forget its history many times over and to repeat it again and again. Only history will decide who was the greater...
...Usually, the sentiment is that if you trail Princeton by eight or ten points, forget it," Sullivan said. "With their ball control and significant defense, they will not allow you to get back. To close to within four is commendable. Kyle was outstanding down the stretch in that game...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Forget about terrorism, nuclear bombs or chemical weapons. When it comes to threats to U.S. security, nothing sends more shivers down American spines than the brown tree snake. Or so says Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, who described the non-poisonous reptile from Guam as a "major disaster looming across the Pacific, pointed at Hawaii and perhaps the southern United States." The slippery villains, who now inhabit Guam at the rate of 2,000 to 3,000 snakes per acre, are "everywhere," an excited Babbitt told a Senate budget hearing. They are wiping out native plant species, putting power...
...that is what comes of keeping grievances green, what does one make of the constantly returning memory of the Holocaust, of the refrain "Never forget! Never again!"? Specifically, what does one make now of the Jewish initiative to reopen the Swiss banks' World War II books in order to recover Jewish money deposited there, in the snug, smug, neutral Alps, as Hitler's apocalypse descended...
...soon forget the struggles they encountered on the way up and how, without the help of a spouse, they would not have had either financial or psychological comfort while making the climb to the top. Lorna Wendt did not stop working when she gave up her job as a music teacher. The only thing she gave up was her salary. She took on duties equal to the challenges of a ceo. To keep a home running in the corporate style and be responsible for the upbringing of two children are not easy tasks and certainly not "de minimus," as Gary...