Word: forgot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...English navy, never lost his slight German accent, and in 1914, despite an illustrious naval career, was hounded from his post as First Sea Lord by anti-German public frenzy. Mountbatten, his second son (the family name was anglicized in 1917 at the direction of King George V), never forgot the injustice, and counted his own posting as First Sea Lord in 1954 as a vindication of his father...
Just in case anyone forgot, the greeting-card industry is busy reminding people that Sunday is Mother's Day. Of course everyone will want to pick up cards for Mom, Wife and Grandma. But what about sisters and favorite aunts? Sure. There are Mother's Day cards for them too, and a host of greetings for a mother-in-law. How about someone expecting a baby in July? No problem. Any number of companies make Mother's Day cards for mothers-to-be. And why should Pop feel left out and have to wait until June for his special...
...treat administrative gurus with reverence befitting "their parents," Schollars could not speak in the presence of the president, tutors, fellows or other superior types, and no "disorderly gainsaying" was permitted. Anyone chanting "Derek Bok, get the word, this is not Johannesburg," could also expect strict censure, especially if he forgot to translate it into Latin...
...escorted by six Cobra gunships came fluttering in from the sea. The Marines dropped canisters of tear gas onto the crowd below, and then they boarded their Chinook. But they had also gassed themselves. As Journalist David Butler writes in his new book The Fall of Saigon, "They forgot that a settling helicopter sucks up air. So the last official Americans out of Viet Nam, the eleven Marines and the crew of the CH-46, including the pilot--all flew blind out of Saigon...
...when it was an embattled French colony. Ho Chi Minh, leader of Viet Nam's fight for independence, once told Brelis, "We will defeat the French, and if you make the mistake of staying here, we will defeat you." Recalls Brelis: "It was a warning I never forgot...