Word: forgot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Syria's new strong man was an old comrade of Zaim's; both had served in the Turkish army, both had fought against Israel. Said a communique issued by Hennawi: "Zaim forgot his promises and started to extend his hands to the property of the nation and ... to prejudice the noble values of the country . . . The population began to ridicule the army. Depending on God, the army is determined to save [the country] from the tyrant. God has ensured what the army desired...
...department in 1924 after quitting the Navy (Annapolis, class of 1916). A vice president in charge of operations when he was 38, he was Avery's choice for president ten years later in 1942. As Keady took over more & more of the company's operations, Chicagoans almost forgot that Avery had anything to do with Gypsum...
...Boastful Utesov was wrong. The umbrella has been invented again & again. A Chinese legend attributes its invention to a woman who lived some 3,000 years ago. The Greeks and Romans had it, but most of Europe forgot its umbrella during the Middle Ages. In the 16th Century some unnamed Italian invented it again. Two centuries later, however, umbrellas were being greeted with amazement in England and Scotland. North America's first umbrella appeared on the streets of Baltimore in 1772. According to one account, "Pedestrians stood transfixed, women were frightened, horses ran away, and naughty children threw stones...
...London luncheon in her honor, Marlene Dietrich forgot that one does not smoke in a formal dining room until the King has been toasted. Between courses, she puffed on a green cigarette holder while the traditional uniformed toastmaster stared in horror. When he could stand it no longer, he banged his gavel close to Marlene's fingers, called for the toast, then roared pointedly: "Ladies & Gentlemen, you may now smoke!" Marlene spluttered, reddened, hid her head and finally apologized...
...Telegram, in the midst of a circulation war with the Star, followed the same pattern-cut to Tory cloth. It forgot Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent when, in French-speaking Montreal, he got the best reception of his campaign. When St. Laurent visited Toronto, the Tely's front page carried not a word of his speech. Instead, it ran an interview with a St. Laurent heckler and a picture of him shouting "Phooey...