Word: forgot
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President Scott forgot that it is almost essential for a great musician to be prodigious, that musicians are judged dispassionately as artists, regardless of their numerical...
...They forgot a few facts. Smiling Chiang's brother-in-law, spectacled Dr. T. V. Soong, is China's No. 1 banker and reputedly the only Finance Minister since the Revolution who has been able to get enough money together to run a central government. Smiling Chiang was still the most powerful military leader in China. The temporary government under pudgy Cantonese "Premier" Dr. Sun Fo could get nowhere. It was forced to beg Chiang Kai-shek to return. That he did last week as acknowledged head of the Chinese Army. Next move was the resignation...
...from full evening dress, frock coats, dinner jackets to sack suits. Just before the Presidential Promise was administered occurred one of those little contretemps so distressing to orderly Nordic minds. The shrill voice of Senora Alcala Zamora rose in loud lament in the lobby: "But I tell you Niceto forgot and went off with my tickets in his pockets!" Generals rushed to the rescue. Breathing hard. Senora Alcala Zamora eventually found a seat in the press gallery...
Nick, unlike Harry, was a thrilling person to be with-Olivia had forgotten how thrilling. She forgot the embarrassment of the situation, began to believe she was in love again. By the time the boat reached Manhattan Nick had almost convinced her; and she had allowed herself to kiss him. When she further allowed herself, the first night ashore, to meet him at their old trysting place in Gramercy Park, Nick persuaded her to leave Harry and run away with him. But by the time they reached his Vermont farm Olivia had had time and occasion to remember what life...
...Widener Library houses and catalogs their books. It has, however, no control over the hours that they maintain. The conclusive proof of the new system in checking book thefts should convince the departments that they need fear no loss. It would be of advantage if the small collections forgot their individual interests, and cooperated more closely with the College library. It would provide a better working plan for all concerned, and satisfy the primary consideration of any library, the convenience of the user...