Word: forgetting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Your editorial of January 21 on ways and means of preserving the American merchant marine leads naturally to the alternative question of why bother to preserve it at all? Barring the war-time value of such a fleet which our militarists will never allow us to forget, there is every reason to suppose that--contrary to the usual belief--the existence of a large merchant service is an actual menace to the industry of this country. Any reader of Professor Taussig's "Principles of Economics" will tell you that in the long run imports must balance exports and that...
...personalities, or would be if his duty and his avocation were not so closely intertwined by circumstance; but any attempt to keep work and play separated has been thwarted by his complete subordination of his writing to his real work,--primarily he is a sailor, and he cannot forget...
...should be a charming "old lady shows her medals"; her affected aristocracy is far more real than that of the true Laidy in the last act. One can't help wanting to believe her beautiful lies. Ralph Remley, her son, literally takes the house by storm; if he would forget about shouting into the balcony, his acting would fill the part well. A noticeable flaw in the ensemble was a failure to distinguish between high and low life: it is a case of democracy to the negation of the individual. Viola Roach, the old Copley favorite, is relegated...
...very merry Christmas and a New Year in which there will be innumerable candidates blest with the divine fire. And if our good wishes seem not to bubble spontaneously from an overflowing heart we beg forbearance. Even the infectious spirit of this jovial season will not permit us to forget that as CRIMSON editors we must, like "deans and creditors", be ever mindful of our dignity...
...Vacation, short as it is, affords a relief which may be utilized by the not-too-exhausted student. Particularly does it afford an opportunity for men who must stay in Cambridge over the holidays. During vacation the library is open as a comfortable haven for those who choose to forget themselves in work; the bell in Harvard Hall ceases its hourly interruption; and the work itself, carried on voluntarily for a welcome reward, may be a pleasant relaxation...