Word: forgotten
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...father's technique to a new dimension--one which inevitably changes the task altogether--by making his private musings public. His entries are almost without fail thoughtful and challenging meditations on the importance of spirituality, humility and the capacity of other people to awaken ourselves to such oft-forgotten traits. However, the somewhat more noble task of one man confronting a few blank pages in quiet reflection--alone with himself--is lost in the more didactic enterprise that comes with addressing an anonymous mass of readers...
...time they spend doing such work. Forty percent of the firm's 480 attorneys got involved last year in 107 pro bono matters, including death-penalty appeals. And at law schools there are promising signs that younger lawyers may remember duties that many of their elders have forgotten. Columbia University law students have been flocking to a program of summer legal-aid work, though it means forgoing the opportunity to make $1,200 a week or more as interns at major firms. Tulane University law school has made 20 hours of legal service a graduation requirement. And why not? asks...
Legendary athletes are honored when their number is retired with them. Just ask Dave ("Spuds") Bresnahan, the never-to-be-forgotten second-string catcher for the Williamsport (Pa.) Bills, a class AA team. His immortal feat on the diamond last year prompted 2,700 of his fans to gather at Bowman Field last week to pay him a belated tribute and to paint his number, 59, on the outfield fence...
Twenty years ago, Bodrum, Turkey, seemed like a town that time had forgotten. "It was a small fishing village," remembers Atlantic Records Chairman Ahmet Ertegun. "The main activities were fishing and sponge diving, as well as work in agriculture -- citrus trees, olive trees." There were a few foreigners to be found haggling over prices with merchants at the bazaar, and a handful of tourists viewing the city's ancient ruins...
Some students and scholars have criticized Horner for stressing Radcliffe's graduate programs since the 1977 merger, saying she has done so at the expense of undergraduates. They say that Radcliffe is a largely forgotten part of women's undergraduate life and that its few services--like the alumni externships the college sponsors--only serve to separate women from their male peers...