Word: forgotten
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...invasions, the stories on student government and debates over General Education returned. "The lasting memory is one of fear followed by relief," says Frederic Ballard. "We were all just so relieved that there wasn't warfare." By election day, missiles and surgical air strikes were all but forgotten. "Cliffies Endorse Teddy Kennedy As Sexiest Candidate for Senator," proclaimed a page-one headline. Stuart Hughes received a grand total of 50,000 votes for his anti-war campaign, and three days after JFK had removed the last blockade ships, Harvard beat Yale, 14-6, at Soldiers' Field.Photo Courtesy of the John...
...been killed in this tragic war, but the P.L.O. is equally responsible. Its members in a cowardly and calculating way situated themselves in the middle of a large and defenseless civilian population. The P.L.O.'s crimes against innocent people, both Lebanese and Israeli, have been conveniently ignored or forgotten. It is the media's presentation of the war in Lebanon, rather than the war itself, that has clouded Israel's image in the world's eyes...
...proportion of whites enrolled in the city's public schools has dropped from 57% to 32%. Shrewd, mercurial Kevin White, 52, mayor for the past 15 years, loves to say that Boston is "the livable city." But one thoughtful police force veteran says, "The poor neighborhoods are being forgotten. What city hall sees is downtown, period...
...long-forgotten Aztec temple is unearthed in Mexico City...
...capital, modern Mexico City began to grow. Above the sacred precincts rose such major buildings as the National Cathedral, the National Palace and the Supreme Court of Justice. Except for an occasional reminder of its presence with the discovery of a stray Aztec artifact, the Great Temple was virtually forgotten. Even its precise location was not known...