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...forgot my shirt at the water's edge...
...lottery number was how Clinton used to explain sitting out the Vietnam War. Charitably put, this answer was stunningly incomplete. Only when prodded has Clinton admitted that he schemed to get into an ROTC program at the University of Arkansas, though he never enrolled. And, oops, Clinton also conveniently forgot that he once received a military-induction notice...
...Kurds that if they helped fight Saddam Hussein, they would gain independence. Like the soldiers in Vietnam, they upheld their end of the bargain, putting their lives at risk for American victory. And when they became inconvenient once Bush decided that Saddam could stay in power, we simply forgot about them. Where we once had to deal in twisted ironies, now we just ignore our moral problems...
...superbugs have not yet caused large epidemics. The total number of tuberculosis cases reported last year was 26,283, up from a low of 22,000 in 1984, but still well below the 84,000 recorded in 1953. However, scientists are worried about the future. "We forgot that microbes are restless and that they would counterattack," says Richard Krause, a senior scientific adviser to the National Institutes of Health. "That was incredible hubris on our part...
When actor Robert Downey Jr. arrived with acamera crew--some guessed it was form MTV--moststudents forgot about their aching feet and beganto clamor for autographs. But a few minutes later,they quickly abandoned their new-found hero. Itwas time for them to enter the convention den andgreet another, older hero--Ronald W. Reagan...