Word: forgetting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then ensued an unprecedented affair. "Winnie" (Mr. Churchill) got so worked up over domestic political reminiscences that his traditional anti-Labor spirit almost made him forget his duty of paying tribute to Mr. Kellogg...
While he is at the Eyre's place up the Hudson, trying to forget, Gulian meets Lael Sartori, moody and bitter debutante, whom he finds amusing. He meets her again at Sister Brasilia's, falls in love with her. Unfortunately, she misunderstands him and turns him down. So he goes back to New York, bitter...
...normal rate on a minimum $250 policy, a member of the class of 1924 would pay $252 in yearly instalments covering 25 years. By the special rate he can pay $121 in the first year-and then forget about the policy altogether. The Insurance Company can then invest the lump sum right away. The earning power of these lump payments will make up for the loss in premiums, and it is expected that the dividends will be at least as much as with the yearly payments, which will probably continue to be popular...
...forget what Murphy's handy men did in Congress, while he had his secret partnership in that British Government contract. You can't get at them this time. But you can get at Murphy's other handy men. Beat them...
From the recent mushroom growth of Harvard recollections, it is evident that the University is not to be allowed to forget that "You are old, Father William", and furthermore that there have been ravages as well as advances during the aging process. Dean Donham, in an interesting study of how the times have changed, numbers among the ravages the introduction of the fearful cafeteria. Granting that this soul-killing institution does devastate many a good, home-bred stomach, there be defenders who may well argue that it is better to snatch and run at a cafeteria, than to snatch elsewhere...