Word: forgets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forget that Younger is only a freshman...
...champs are very different, of course. Jordan belongs on a pedestal, and Tyson belonged behind bars. But they're not as simple as good guy and bad guy. We tend to overlook Jordan's foibles, e.g. his gambling habits, just as we forget that Tyson was once capable of compassion and erudition. There is little doubt that basketball and boxing can use them, but as a society we may need them even more, as hero and antihero, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, Air and Iron...
...theories about the universe reinforces the popular notion that scientists are muddling buffoons who grasp at the thinnest of straws to support their pet ideas. Science at the cutting edge is always controversial, and only with time are conflicting ideas resolved into what we call truth. We often forget that civilization is held together by a framework of scientific achievement, every piece of which was once controversial...
...also not forget those folks who become "floaters" for one reason or another. Whether they simply want a new scenario or by nature are lonely or unpopular, they must find it really ridiculous when forced to answer a most fervently asked question: "Where ya gonna live and who ya gonna live with next year...
...Ozzie Nelson or Ward Cleaver at work, and the Cheers gang spent endless seasons gossiping over their beers in Boston. But even on Cheers, half the regulars at least worked for a living wage. And there was always something purposeful about Norm's and Cliff's drinking. Trying to forget your troubles...